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tmux

Sessions

A session is a group of windows (and each window has at least one pane).

Commands:

# New Session
tmux
tmux new -s [session name]

# Sessions Management
tmux ls  # lists current running sessions
tmux rename-session -t [number] [new name]

# Attach Session
tmux a -t [session name or number]

# Remove Session
tmux kill-ses
tmux kill-session -t [name]

Key Bindings:

Command	Description
`Ctrl-b $`	rename session
`Ctrl-b d`	detach session
`Ctrl-b D`	detach session, choice
`Ctrl-b )`	next session
`Ctrl-b (`	previous session

Windows

Windows are like tabs in a browser. Windows exist in sessions and occupy the whole screen.

Command	Description
`Ctrl-b c`	create window
`Ctrl-b n`	move to next window
`Ctrl-b p`	move to previous window
`Ctrl-b l`	move to last window used
`Ctrl-b 0-9`	select window by number
`Ctrl-b '`	select window by name
`Ctrl-b .`	change window number
`Ctrl-b ,`	change window name
`Ctrl-b f`	find window (search)
`Ctrl-b &`	kill window

Panes

Panes are sections of windows that have been split vertically or horizontally (like… uh… panes in a glass window…)

Command	Description
`Ctrl-b %`	split vertical
`Ctrl-b “`	split horizontal
`Ctrl-b [right arrow]`	move to pane to the right
`Ctrl-b [left arrow]`	move to pane to the left
`Ctrl-b [up arrow]`	move to pane above
`Ctrl-b [down arrow]`	move to pane below
`Ctrl-b o`	go to next pane
`Ctrl-b ;`	got to last active pane
`Ctrl-b }`	rotate panes clockwise
`Ctrl-b {`	rotate panes counter-clockwise
`Ctrl-b !`	convert pane to window
`Ctrl-b x`	kill pane

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Other Stuff

Mouse Mode

Mouse mode allows you to control the pane selection, pane resizing, window selection operation, along with scrolling, with the mouse.

To enable the mouse mode, open the ~/.tmux.conf file and put the following line inside it:

setw -g mouse on

Reload it (whenever you change a configuration file of a running program, like a Bash shell, etc., you need to source it to load it again–or exit and enter again):

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

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