tmux cheatsheet

Commands

$ tmux
  -u        # UTF8 mode
  -S ~/.tmux.socket

Sessions

$ tmux new
$ tmux new -s session_name

$ tmux attach # Default session
$ tmux attach -t session_name

$ tmux switch -t session_name

$ tmux ls     # List sessions

$ tmux detach

Windows

$ tmux new-window

Help

C-b ?

Scrolling

C-b [       # Enter scroll mode then press up and down, you can also scroll with mouse support enabled (`set -g mouse on` in `~/.tmux.conf`)

Copy/paste

C-b [       # 1. Enter scroll mode first
Space       # 2. Start selecting and move around
Enter       # 3. Press enter to copy
C-b ]       # Paste

Panes

C-b %       # vert
C-b "       # horiz
C-b hkjl    # navigation
C-b HJKL    # resize
C-b o       # next window
C-b q       # show pane numbers
C-b x       # close pane

C-b { or }  # move windows around

Windows

C-b c       # New window
C-b 1       # Go to window 1
C-b n       # Go to next window
C-b p       # Go to previous window
C-b w       # List all window

Detach/attach

C-b d       # Detach
C-b ( )     # Switch through sessions
$ tmux attach

Search in buffer

C-b [       # 1. Enter scroll mode first, you can also scroll with mouse support enabled
C-s         # 2. Enter search mode, type pattern then press Enter to start search
n or N      # 3. Go to the previous or next match
C-c         # 4. Exit search and scroll mode

Niceties

C-b t       # Display a clock, press any key to quit

Status formats

setw -g window-status-format `#[fg=8,bg=default]#I`

See message-command-style in the man page.

Attribute/colors

Key	Description
`#[fg=1]`	standard color
`#[fg=yellow]`	yellow
`#[bold]`	bold
`#[fg=colour240]`	256 color
`#[fg=default]`	default
`#[fg=1,bg=2]`	combinations
`#[default]`	reset

Colors

black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white
brightred (and so on)
colour0 … colour255
#333 (rgb hex)

Attributes

bold underscore blink noreverse hidden dim italics

Variables

Key	Description
`#(date)`	shell command
`#I`	window index
`#S`	session name
`#W`	window name
`#F`	window flags
`#H`	Hostname
`#h`	Hostname, short
`#D`	pane id
`#P`	pane index
`#T`	pane title

Options

set -g status-justify [left|centre|right]
set -g status-left '...'

setw -g window-status-style
setw -g window-status-activity-style
setw -g window-status-bell-style
setw -g window-status-content-style
setw -g window-status-current-style
setw -g window-status-last-style

setw -g window-status-format
setw -g window-status-current-format

setw -g window-status-separator