tmux

tmux Cheat Sheet

tmux is basically a more powerful terminal that allows users to fire up multi-session. It is particularly usefull when doing multi-session-required tasks such as ssh to a remote server. This Markdown file serves as a cheat sheet for operating tmux.

1. tmux installation

   # Ubuntu
   sudo apt-get install tmux
   
   # mac
   brew install tmux
   
   # Fuck windows
   

   #start
   tmux
   

2. Navigating through sessions and windows

   First note that server >> session >> window >> pane

   function	shortcut
   before action	ctrl + b
   ---	---
   detach sessions	ctrl + b + d
   kill all sessions (kill tmux server)	tmux kill-server
   list sessions	tmux ls
   attach sessions	tmux attach -t #no.
   tmux kill-session -t #no
   ---	---
   create window	ctrl + b + c
   navigate to next window	ctrl + b + n
   navigate to previous window	ctrl + b + p
   navigate to specific window	ctrl + b + #no.
   find window	ctrl + b + f
   rename window	ctrl + b + ,

3. Navigating through panes

   function	shortcut
   split horizontally	ctrl + b + %
   split vertically	ctrl + b + "
   close pane	ctrl + b + x
   navigate to neighbor panes	ctrl + b + #arrow
   scroll up lines	ctrl + b + [

4. kill tmux

   pkill -f tmux