Show HN: Yet another tmux cheat sheet

Tmux Architecture Overview

• Start a new named session

• Attach to specific session

• Detach from current session

  C-b means Ctrl+b

• Switch to window number 0-9

• Navigate between panes

  Arrow keys

• Resize pane

  Hold Ctrl and press arrow keys

• Exit copy mode

  When in copy mode

• Scroll page up/down

  When in copy mode

• Move cursor

  When in copy mode

• Start selection

  When in copy mode

• Copy selection

  When in copy mode

• Start a new tmux session

  Creates unnamed session

• Start a new named session

  Replace "mysession" with your session name

• tmux new -s mysession -n mywindow

  Start a new session with a named window

• Attach to the most recently used session

• Attach to a specific session by name

• List all running sessions

• tmux kill-session -t mysession

  Kill/delete a specific session

• Kill the tmux server and all sessions

  Use with caution - terminates all sessions

• Switch to a specific session (from within tmux)

• tmux rename-session -t old-name new-name

  Rename a session from outside tmux

• Detach from current session

  Session continues running in background

• Rename current session

  Shows prompt to enter new name

• Switch to next session

  Cycles through available sessions

• Switch to previous session

  Cycles through available sessions

• Show session list

  Interactive session browser

• Choose client to detach

  Useful when multiple clients attached

• Create new session

  Uses command mode to create session

• Switch to last session

  Requires custom keybinding in .tmux.conf

• Create a new window

  Added at the end of the list

• Rename current window

  Enter new name when prompted

• Kill current window

  Prompts for confirmation

• List all windows

  Shows interactive window list

• Find window by name

  Enter part of window name to search

• Last active window

  Toggle between current and previous

• Go to window by index

  Prompts for window index

• Move window to index

  Prompts for new index

• Enter command mode

  Type "swap-window -t <target>" to swap windows

• Swap with previous window

  Custom binding in .tmux.conf

• Swap with next window

  Custom binding in .tmux.conf

• Create a new window with specified name

  Replace "name" with your window name

• tmux select-window -t :0-9

  Select window by index (0-9)

• tmux select-window -t :name

• tmux rename-window "new name"

• List all windows in current session

• Split pane vertically (left/right)

• Split pane horizontally (top/bottom)

• Convert pane into a window

  Creates a new window with this pane

• Kill (close) the current pane

• Move between panes in the indicated direction

• Go to next pane (cycle through all panes)

• Go to the previously active pane

• Show pane numbers (press number to jump to that pane)

  Numbers appear briefly - press the number key quickly

• Toggle zoom (maximize/restore) current pane

• Resize current pane in the indicated direction

  Hold Ctrl while pressing arrow keys after prefix

• Resize panes in steps of 5 cells

  Hold Alt (Meta) while pressing arrow keys after prefix

• Resize down by 10 cells

  Can use -U (up), -L (left), -R (right)

• Swap current pane with the previous pane

• Swap current pane with the next pane

• Cycle through preset layouts

• Switch to even-horizontal layout

• Switch to even-vertical layout

• Switch to main-horizontal layout

• Switch to main-vertical layout

• Paste copied text

  Paste content after copying

• Move cursor

  In vi mode: h, j, k, l

• Go to top of buffer

  In vi mode: gg

• Go to bottom of buffer

  In vi mode: G

• Move to top/middle/bottom of screen

• Move forward/backward one word

• Start/first non-space/end of line

• Start selection

  In vi mode: v

• Copy selection and exit copy mode

  In vi mode: y

• Append selection to buffer

• Rectangle toggle (block selection)

  In vi mode: C-v

• Forward search

  Type text and press Enter

• Backward search

  Type text and press Enter

• Incremental reverse search

  Vim-style

• Incremental forward search

  Vim-style