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tmux cheatsheet

Andrew Pennebaker

https://github.com/mcandre/cheatsheets/blob/master/tmux.md

About

tmux is a program for managing multiple terminal sessions. Sessions can be created, destroyed, backgrounded, foregrounded, split, and logged.

Documentation

Install

$ apt-get install tmux

$ chocolatey install cygwin

$ brew install tmux

Configure

$HOME/tmux.conf

Tab completion for session names

See tmux-completion

Hotkey Notation

  • C- = Control
  • M- = Alt ("Meta" key)
  • S- = Shift
  • key-key key-key key-key... = Hotkeys are pressed in order, not simultaneously.
  • <...> = user-defined value
  • [...] = optional

Evaluate tmux Command

C-b : <command>

Basic Commands

Create new window

$ tmux [options]
tmux$

Options includes:

  • new -s <name> Name the new session
  • -d Automatically detach from the new window
  • -c <command> Execute a shell command

View session list

$ tmux ls

Detach

Detaching a session allows it to run in the background, e.g. even after disconnecting from an SSH session.

C-b d

Resume

tmux can resume a running session, e.g. once an SSH session has been reestablished.

$ tmux attach -t <name>

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