What is Tmux?
$ whatis tmux tmux (1) - terminal multiplexer
Installing Tmux
Mac OSX:
$ brew install tmux
Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install tmux
Centos or Amazon Linux
$ sudo yum install tmux
Tmux Cheat Sheet
Special note: <prefix>
in Tmux will be CTRL + B
Session
Create new session
- Without name
tmux
- With name
tmux new -s SESSION_NAME
Attach a channel
tmux attach #
Attach a session to existed Tmux
tmux attach -t SESSION_NAME
List Tmux session
tmux ls
Exit Tmux
exit
or
Ctrl + D
Delete a session
tmux kill-session -t session_name
Windows management
- New windows:
<prefix> + c
- List windows:
<prefix> + w
- Next windows:
<prefix> + n
- Previous windows:
<prefix> + p
- Find windows:
<prefix> + f
- Create, edit a windows name:
<prefix> + ,
- Close windows:
<prefix> + &
- Detach a session:
<prefix> + d
Panes management
- Separate panes vertically:
<prefix> + %
- Separate panes horizontally:
<prefix> + "
- Show panes number:
<prefix> + q
- Switch panes:
<prefix> + arrow key
or<prefix> + o
- Delete panes:
<prefix> + x
Customize Tmux
In case you don’t want to use default setting. You can customize it.
You can create file named $HOME/.tmux.conf
and write any you want.
For example, you want to change Ctrl + c
to Ctrl + c
. You can add below content into Tmux config file.
unbind C-b set -g prefix C-a
Apply new change:
tmux source-file .tmux.conf