Tmux Cheat Sheet

tmux cheat sheet

(C‑x means ctrl+x, M‑x means alt+x)

Preﬁx key

The default preﬁx is C‑b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C‑a, you need to add this to

~/.tmux.conf

# remap prefix to Control + a

set ‐g prefix C‐a

# bind 'C‐a C‐a' to type 'C‐a'

bind C‐a send‐prefix

unbind C‐b

I'm going to assume that C‑a is your preﬁx.

Sessions, windows, panes

Session is a set of windows, plus a notion of which window is current.

Window is a single screen covered with panes. (Once might compare it to a ‘virtual desktop’ or a ‘space’.)

Pane is a rectangular part of a window that runs a speciﬁc command, e.g. a shell.

Getting help

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