dennyzhang/cheatsheet-tmux-a4

tmux/tmate Usage in A4

1 Tmux CheatSheet

• PDF Link: cheatsheet-tmux-A4.pdf, Category: tools
• Blog URL: https://cheatsheet.dennyzhang.com/cheatsheet-tmux-A4
• Related posts: Cheatsheet: ssh, #denny-cheatsheets

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1.1 Tmux Basic

Name	Comment
Create new session	tmux new -s denny
List all sessions	tmux ls
Attach to one session	tmux attach -t denny
Detach session	C-b d
Kill one session	tmux kill-session -t denny
List all shortcut keys	C-b :list-keys, C-b ? Very useful!
Kill current window	C-b &
Default conf file	~/.tmux.conf, ~/.tmate.conf

1.2 Tmux Layout & Scroll

Name	Comment
Switch to next pane	C-b o
Vertically split pane	C-b %
Horizontally split pane	C-b "
Kill current pane	C-b x
Swap two panes	C-b C-o
Resize current pane right	C-b :resize-pane -R 20
Resize current pane down	C-b :resize-pane -D 10

1.3 Tmux Console Output

Name	Comment
Enter copy mode	C-b [, press q/Esc to exit
Search output	C-b C-s, C-b C-u
Paste buffer to current panel	C-b ]
Page up/down	Enter copy mode, then use normal navigation keys
Page up/down in Mac	Fn + Up Arrow
Show things in current buffer	tmux show-buffer
List all buffer	tmux list-buffers
Save buffer to file	tmux save-buffer foo.txt

1.4 Tmate

Name	Comment
see tmate log messages: ssh conn string	tmate show-messages
Launch tmate in a detached state	tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock new-session -d
Blocks until the SSH connection is established	tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock wait tmate-ready
Prints tmate SSH connection string	tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock display -p '#{tmate_ssh}'
Make your tmate session big by default	Make your default iterm window big

1.5 More Resources

https://gist.github.com/MohamedAlaa/2961058

https://wiki.freebsdchina.org/software/t/tmux

https://robots.thoughtbot.com/a-tmux-crash-course

https://gist.github.com/Bekbolatov/6840069e51382965fdad

License: Code is licensed under MIT License.