tmux

Screen multiplexer. A more "modern" alternative to screen. The default command prefix is Ctrl + b.

#linux

Various commands

• Ctrl + b - c → Create a new window.
• Ctrl + b - , → Rename the current window.
• Ctrl + b - w → Allows moving between windows with arrows (up/down).
• Ctrl + b - n → Move to next window.
• Ctrl + b - p → Move to previous window.
• Ctrl + b - <number> → Move to a specific window.
• Ctrl + b - & → Get rid of all the windows.
• Ctrl + b - f → Search windows by name.
• Ctrl + b - . → Change window index number.

Dealing with panes

• Ctrl + b - " → Split vertically.
• Ctrl + b - % → Split horizontally.
• Ctrl + b - x → Destroy the current pane.
• Ctrl + b - <arrows> → Move between panes.
• Ctrl + b - ; → Move to the last active pane.
• Ctrl + b - Ctrl + <arrows> → Resize the pane by one line.
• Ctrl + b - Alt + <arrows> → Resize the pane by five lines.
• Ctrl + b - { → Swap the current pane with the previous one.
• Ctrl + b - } → Swap the current pane with the next one.
• Ctrl + b - z → Zoom in/out.
• Ctrl + b - t → Display a clock within a pane (q to kill it).
• Ctrl + b - ! → Turn pane into a window.

Dealing with sessions

• Ctrl + b - s → List sessions while within tmux (tmux ls while outside of it).
• Ctrl + b - $ → Rename a session.
• Ctrl + b - d → Detach from a session.
• tmux a → Attach to a session.