I often find myself using Byobu on a Linux machine when connected to it over SSH. In doing so, I've noticed that many of the documented keyboard shortcuts don't work. This can be due to the native PC's OS intercepting certain keys, or possibly other reasons.
Below is a cheatsheet with Byobu features I have found usually work when run over a SSH connection.
| Action | Windows + Putty to Ubuntu | MacOS + Terminal to Ubuntu |
|---|---|---|
| Help menu | BASH: byobu-config | FN-F1 |
| Create new window | CTRL-a c | CTRL-a c or FN-F2 |
| Previous window | CTRL-a p | CTRL-a p or FN-F3 |
| Next window | CTRL-a n | CTRL-a n or FN-F4 |
| Detach | CTRL-a d | CTRL-a d |
| Retitle window | CTRL-a A | CTRL-a A |
| Move to window | CTRL-a <N> | CTRL-a <N> |
| Kill windows/close | CTRL-a \ | CTRL-a \ |
| Switch between 2 windows | CTRL-a CTRL-a | CTRL-a CTRL-a |
| Add pane horizontal | CTRL-a % | CTRL-a % |
| Add pane vertical | CTRL-a | | CTRL-a | |
| Add pane menu | CTRL-a > | CTRL-a > |
| Switch panes | CTRL-a TAB | CTRL-a TAB |
| Menu to select window | CTRL-a " | CTRL-a " |
| Scrollback mode | CTRL-a [ | CTRL-a [ |
| Buffer up/down (in scrollback mode) | PAGEUP / PAGEDOWN | FN-SHIFT-ARROWS |
| Scrollback select | SPACE-ARROWS | SPACE-ARROWS |
| Scrollback copy selected | ENTER / RETURN | ENTER / RETURN |
| Paste copied text | CTRL-a ] | CTRL-a ] |
| Close window w/confirm | CTRL-a k | CTRL-a-k |
| Close window/pane | CTRL-d or exit | CTRL-d or exit |
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Configuration menu (run from BASH shell):
byobu-config -
Remote into another user session
- Option 1:
su userthenbyobu - Option 2:
sudo -u user byobu
- Option 1:
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SecureCRT sometimes has issues where the counting time on the bottom status bar causes the SecureCRT terminal to move up a line each second
- I have found that unchecking the box Terminal > Emulation > Modes > Initial modes > Line wrap in the session settings clears this issue up