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My cheatsheet for Tmux
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tmux-cheatsheet.md

My configuration

I use Thoughtbot's dotfiles which has the prefix combination set to control S

Sessions

command
Start new session tmux new -s session_name
End session tmux kill-session -t session_name

Panes

command keystrokes
Split window horizontally tmux split-window control S + "
Split window vertically tmux split-window -h control S + %
Swap pane tmux swap-pane -[UDLR] control S + { or }
Kill pane control S + X
Copy mode control S + [
Quit copy mode Q

"Copy mode" allows you to scroll the pane with your mouse or arrow keys.

Further reading

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