Commands
$ tmux
-u # UTF8 mode
-S ~/.tmux.socket
Sessions
$ tmux new
$ tmux new -s session_name
$ tmux attach # Default session
$ tmux attach -s 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
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 v # vert
C-b n # horiz
C-b hkjl # navigation
C-b HJKL # resize
C-b o # next window
C-b x # close pane
C-b { or } # move windows around
Windows
C-b c # New window
C-b 1 # Go to window 1
Detach/attach
C-b d # Detach
C-b ( ) # Switch through sessions
$ tmux attach
Niceties
C-b t # Time
Status formats
setw -g window-status-format `#[fg=8,bg=default]#I`
See message-command-style in the man page.
Attribute/colors
#[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
#(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
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