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tmux | [-28lquvV] [-c shell-command] [-f file] [-L socket-name] [-S socket-path] [command [flags]] |
When tmux is started it creates a new session with a single window and displays it on screen. A status line at the bottom of the screen shows information on the current session and is used to enter interactive commands.
A session is a single collection of pseudo terminals under the management of tmux. Each session has one or more windows linked to it. A window occupies the entire screen and may be split into rectangular panes, each of which is a separate pseudo terminal (the pty(4) manual page documents the technical details of pseudo terminals). Any number of tmux instances may connect to the same session, and any number of windows may be present in the same session. Once all sessions are killed, tmux exits.
Each session is persistent and will survive accidental disconnection (such as ssh(1) connection timeout) or intentional detaching (with the ‘C-b d
' key strokes). tmux may be reattached using:
$ tmux attach
In tmux, a session is displayed on screen by a client and all sessions are managed by a single server. The server and each client are separate processes which communicate through a socket in /tmp.
The options are as follows:
If a command in the configuration file fails, tmux will report an error and exit without executing further commands.
If the socket is accidentally removed, the SIGUSR1 signal may be sent to the tmux server process to recreate it.
If the server is started from a client passed -u or where UTF-8 is detected, the utf8 and status-utf8 options are enabled in the global window and session options respectively.
C-b
' (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.The default command key bindings are:
Key bindings may be changed with the bind-key and unbind-key commands.
target-session is either the name of a session (as listed by the list-sessions command) or the name of a client with the same syntax as target-client, in which case the session attached to the client is used. When looking for the session name, tmux initially searches for an exact match; if none is found, the session names are checked for any for which target-session is a prefix or for which it matches as an fnmatch(3) pattern. If a single match is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches produce an error. If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
target-window specifies a window in the form session:window. session follows the same rules as for target-session, and window is looked for in order: as a window index, for example mysession:1; as an exact window name, such as mysession:mywindow; then as an fnmatch(3) pattern or the start of a window name, such as mysession:mywin* or mysession:mywin. An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for example the new-window and link-window commands) otherwise the current window in session is chosen. The special character ‘!
' uses the last (previously current) window, or ‘+
' and ‘-
' are the next window or the previous window by number. When the argument does not contain a colon, tmux first attempts to parse it as window; if that fails, an attempt is made to match a session.
target-pane takes a similar form to target-window but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index, for example: mysession:mywindow.1. If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified window is used. If neither a colon nor period appears, tmux first attempts to use the argument as a pane index; if that fails, it is looked up as for target-window. A ‘+
' or ‘-
' indicate the next or previous pane index, respectively. One of the strings top, bottom, left, right, top-left, top-right, bottom-left or bottom-right may be used instead of a pane index.
The special characters ‘+
' and ‘-
' may be followed by an offset, for example:
select-window -t:+2
When dealing with a session that doesn't contain sequential window indexes, they will be correctly skipped.
tmux also gives each pane created in a server an identifier consisting of a ‘%
' and a number, starting from zero. A pane's identifier is unique for the life of the tmux server and is passed to the child process of the pane in the TMUX_PANE environment variable. It may be used alone to target a pane or the window containing it.
shell-command arguments are sh(1) commands. These must be passed as a single item, which typically means quoting them, for example:
new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
command [arguments] refers to a tmux command, passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
Or if using sh(1):
$ tmux bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
Multiple commands may be specified together as part of a command sequence. Each command should be separated by spaces and a semicolon; commands are executed sequentially from left to right. A literal semicolon may be included by escaping it with a backslash (for example, when specifying a command sequence to bind-key).
Example tmux commands include:
refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2 rename-session -tfirst newname set-window-option -t:0 monitor-activity on new-window ; split-window -d
Or from sh(1):
$ tmux kill-window -t :1 $ tmux new-window \; split-window -d $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \; split-window -d \; attach
The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
If run from outside tmux, create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to target-session. If used from inside, switch the current client. If -d is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached. -r signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the detach-client command have any effect)(alias: attach)
If no server is started, attach-session will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the configuration file.
The target-session rules for attach-session are slightly adjusted: if tmux needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most recently used unattached session.
Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with -t, or all clients currently attached to to the session specified by -s. If -P is given, send SIGHUP to the parent process of the client, typically causing it to exit.(alias: detach)
Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist. If it does exist, exit with 0.(alias: has)
List all clients attached to the server. If target-session is specified, list only clients connected to that session.(alias: lsc)
List the syntax of all commands supported by tmux.(alias: lscm)
List all sessions managed by the server.(alias: ls)
Lock target-client, see the lock-server command.(alias: lockc)
Lock all clients attached to target-session.(alias: locks)
Create a new session with name session-name.(alias: new)
The new session is attached to the current terminal unless -d is given. window-name and shell-command are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window. If -d is used, -x and -y specify the size of the initial window (80 by 24 if not given).
If run from a terminal, any termios(4) special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
If -t is given, the new session is grouped with target-session. This means they share the same set of windows - all windows from target-session are linked to the new session and any subsequent new windows or windows being closed are applied to both sessions. The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and either session may be killed without affecting the other. Giving -n or shell-command are invalid if -t is used.
Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given with -t.(alias: refresh)
Rename the session to new-name.(alias: rename)
Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the message-limit session option for the session attached to that client. This command displays the log for target-client.(alias: showmsgs)
Execute commands from path.(alias: source)
Start the tmux server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.(alias: start)
Suspend a client by sending SIGTSTP (tty stop).(alias: suspendc)
Switch the current session for client target-client to target-session. If -l, -n or -p is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session respectively.(alias: switchc)
[
' by default. It is also entered when a command that produces output, such as list-keys, is executed from a key binding.The keys available depend on whether emacs or vi mode is selected (see the mode-keys option). The following keys are supported as appropriate for the mode:
Function | vi | emacs |
Back to indentation |
^ | M-m |
Bottom of history |
G | M-< |
Clear selection |
Escape | C-g |
Copy selection |
Enter | M-w |
Cursor down |
j | Down |
Cursor left |
h | Left |
Cursor right |
l | Right |
Cursor to bottom line |
L | |
Cursor to middle line |
M | M-r |
Cursor to top line |
H | M-R |
Cursor up |
k | Up |
Delete entire line |
d | C-u |
Delete/Copy to end of line |
D | C-k |
End of line |
$ | C-e |
Go to line |
: | g |
Half page down |
C-d | M-Down |
Half page up |
C-u | M-Up |
Jump forward |
f | f |
Jump backward |
F | F |
Jump again |
; | ; |
Jump again in reverse |
, | , |
Next page |
C-f | Page down |
Next space |
W | |
Next space, end of word |
E | |
Next word |
w | |
Next word end |
e | M-f |
Paste buffer |
p | C-y |
Previous page |
C-b | Page up |
Previous word |
b | M-b |
Previous space |
B | |
Quit mode |
q | Escape |
Rectangle toggle |
v | R |
Scroll down |
C-Down or C-e | C-Down |
Scroll up |
C-Up or C-y | C-Up |
Search again |
n | n |
Search again in reverse |
N | N |
Search backward |
? | C-r |
Search forward |
/ | C-s |
Start of line |
0 | C-a |
Start selection |
Space | C-Space |
Top of history |
g | M-> |
Transpose chars |
C-t |
The next and previous word keys use space and the ‘-
', ‘_
' and ‘@
' characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by setting the word-separators window option. Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the next word and previous word to the start of the previous word. The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as the word separator.
The jump commands enable quick movement within a line. For instance, typing ‘f
' followed by ‘/
' will move the cursor to the next ‘/
' character on the current line. A ‘;
' will then jump to the next occurrence.
Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count. With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry. For example, to move the cursor forward by ten words, use ‘M-1 0 M-f
' in emacs mode, and ‘10w
' in vi.
Mode key bindings are defined in a set of named tables: vi-edit and emacs-edit for keys used when line editing at the command prompt; vi-choice and emacs-choice for keys used when choosing from lists (such as produced by the choose-window command); and vi-copy and emacs-copy used in copy mode. The tables may be viewed with the list-keys command and keys modified or removed with bind-key and unbind-key.
The paste buffer key pastes the first line from the top paste buffer on the stack.
The synopsis for the copy-mode command is:
Each window displayed by tmux may be split into one or more panes; each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal. A window may be split into panes using the split-window command. Windows may be split horizontally (with the -h flag) or vertically. Panes may be resized with the resize-pane command (bound to ‘C-up
', ‘C-down
' ‘C-left
' and ‘C-right
' by default), the current pane may be changed with the select-pane command and the rotate-window and swap-pane commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position. Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
A number of preset layouts are available. These may be selected with the select-layout command or cycled with next-layout (bound to ‘Space
' by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized as normal.
The following layouts are supported:
In addition, select-layout may be used to apply a previously used layout - the list-windows command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with select-layout. For example:
$ tmux list-windows 0: ksh [159x48] layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0} $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
tmux automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size. Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that from which the layout was originally defined.
Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
Break target-pane off from its containing window to make it the only pane in a new window. If -d is given, the new window does not become the current window.(alias: breakp)
Capture the contents of a pane to the specified buffer, or a new buffer if none is specified.(alias: capturep)
-S and -E specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history. The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
%%
' is replaced by the client pty(4) path in template and the result executed as a command. If template is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used. This command works only from inside tmux.%%
' is replaced by the session name in template and the result executed as a command. If template is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used. This command works only from inside tmux.%%
' is replaced by the session name and window index in template and the result executed as a command. If template is not given, "select-window -t '%%'" is used. This command works only from inside tmux.Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by target-client. See the display-panes-time, display-panes-colour, and display-panes-active-colour session options. While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be selected with the ‘(alias: displayp)
0
' to ‘9
' keys.Search for the fnmatch(3) pattern match-string in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history). If only one window is matched, it'll be automatically selected, otherwise a choice list is shown. This command only works from inside tmux.(alias: findw)
Like split-window, but instead of splitting dst-pane and creating a new pane, split it and move src-pane into the space. This can be used to reverse break-pane.(alias: joinp)
Destroy the given pane. If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed. The -a option kills all but the pane given with -t.(alias: killp)
Kill the current window or the window at target-window, removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.(alias: killw)
Select the last (previously selected) pane.(alias: lastp)
Select the last (previously selected) window. If no target-session is specified, select the last window of the current session.(alias: last)
Link the window at src-window to the specified dst-window. If dst-window is specified and no such window exists, the src-window is linked there. If -k is given and dst-window exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated. If -d is given, the newly linked window is not selected.(alias: linkw)
If -a is given, target is ignored and all panes on the server are listed. If -s is given, target is a session (or the current session). If neither is given, target is a window (or the current window).(alias: lsp)
If -a is given, list all windows on the server. Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in target-session.(alias: lsw)
This is similar to link-window, except the window at src-window is moved to dst-window.(alias: movew)
Create a new window. With -a, the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified target-window, moving windows up if necessary, otherwise target-window is the new window location.(alias: neww)
If -d is given, the session does not make the new window the current window. target-window represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is shown, unless the -k flag is used, in which case it is destroyed. shell-command is the command to execute. If shell-command is not specified, the value of the default-command option is used.
When the shell command completes, the window closes. See the remain-on-exit option to change this behaviour.
The TERM environment variable must be set to “screen” for all programs running inside tmux. New windows will automatically have “TERM=screen” added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell start-up files.
The -P option prints the location of the new window after it has been created.
Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.(alias: nextl)
Move to the next window in the session. If -a is used, move to the next window with a bell, activity or content alert.(alias: next)
Pipe any output sent by the program in target-pane to a shell command. A pane may only be piped to one command at a time, any existing pipe is closed before shell-command is executed. The shell-command string may contain the special character sequences supported by the status-left option. If no shell-command is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.(alias: pipep)
The -o option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to be toggled with a single key, for example:
bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
Move to the previous layout in the session.(alias: prevl)
Move to the previous window in the session. With -a, move to the previous window with a bell, activity or content alert.(alias: prev)
Rename the current window, or the window at target-window if specified, to new-name.(alias: renamew)
Resize a pane, upward with -U (the default), downward with -D, to the left with -L and to the right with -R. The adjustment is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).(alias: resizep)
Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the remain-on-exit window option). If shell-command is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed. The pane must be already inactive, unless -k is given, in which case any existing command is killed.(alias: respawnp)
Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the remain-on-exit window option). If shell-command is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed. The window must be already inactive, unless -k is given, in which case any existing command is killed.(alias: respawnw)
Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically lower) with -U or downward (numerically higher).(alias: rotatew)
Choose a specific layout for a window. If layout-name is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied. -n and -p are equivalent to the next-layout and previous-layout commands.(alias: selectl)
Make pane target-pane the active pane in window target-window. If one of -D, -L, -R, or -U is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the target pane is used. -l is the same as using the last-pane command.(alias: selectp)
Select the window at target-window. -l, -n and -p are equivalent to the last-window, next-window and previous-window commands.(alias: selectw)
Create a new pane by splitting target-pane: -h does a horizontal split and -v a vertical split; if neither is specified, -v is assumed. The -l and -p options specify the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in cells (for horizontal split), or as a percentage, respectively. All other options have the same meaning as for the new-window command.(alias: splitw)
Swap two panes. If -U is used and no source pane is specified with -s, dst-pane is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically); -D swaps with the next pane (after it numerically). -d instructs tmux not to change the active pane.(alias: swapp)
This is similar to link-window, except the source and destination windows are swapped. It is an error if no window exists at src-window.(alias: swapw)
Unlink target-window. Unless -k is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions - windows may not be linked to no sessions; if -k is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and destroyed.(alias: unlinkw)
A
' to ‘Z
'). Ctrl keys may be prefixed with ‘C-
' or ‘^
', and Alt (meta) with ‘M-
'. In addition, the following special key names are accepted: Up, Down, Left, Right, BSpace, BTab, DC (Delete), End, Enter, Escape, F1 to F20, Home, IC (Insert), NPage (Page Up), PPage (Page Down), Space, and Tab. Note that to bind the ‘"
' or ‘'
' keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
bind-key '"' split-window bind-key "'" new-window
Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
Bind key key to command. By default (without -t) the primary key bindings are modified (those normally activated with the prefix key); in this case, if -n is specified, it is not necessary to use the prefix key, command is bound to key alone. The -r flag indicates this key may repeat, see the repeat-time option.(alias: bind)
If -t is present, key is bound in key-table: the binding for command mode with -c or for normal mode without. To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the list-keys command.
List all key bindings. Without -t the primary key bindings - those executed when preceded by the prefix key - are printed. Keys bound without the prefix key (see bind-key -n) are marked with ‘(alias: lsk)
(no prefix)
'.With -t, the key bindings in key-table are listed; this may be one of: vi-edit, emacs-edit, vi-choice, emacs-choice, vi-copy or emacs-copy.
Send a key or keys to a window. Each argument key is the name of the key (such as ‘(alias: send)
C-a
' or ‘npage
' ) to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of characters. All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.Unbind the command bound to key. Without -t the primary key bindings are modified; in this case, if -n is specified, the command bound to key without a prefix (if any) is removed. If -a is present, all key bindings are removed.(alias: unbind)
If -t is present, key in key-table is unbound: the binding for command mode with -c or for normal mode without.
The tmux server has a set of global options which do not apply to any particular window or session. These are altered with the set-option -s command, or displayed with the show-options -s command.
In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and there is a separate set of global session options. Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value from the global session options. Session options are set or unset with the set-option command and may be listed with the show-options command. The available server and session options are listed under the set-option command.
Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window, and there is a set of global window options from which any unset options are inherited. Window options are altered with the set-window-option command and can be listed with the show-window-options command. All window options are documented with the set-window-option command.
Commands which set options are as follows:
Set a window option with -w (equivalent to the set-window-option command), a server option with -s, otherwise a session option.(alias: set)
If -g is specified, the global session or window option is set. With -a, and if the option expects a string, value is appended to the existing setting. The -u flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global options. It is not possible to unset a global option.
Available window options are listed under set-window-option.
Available server options are:
disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
Or changing this property from the xterm(1) interactive menu when required.
Available session options are:
screen
' or a derivative of it.#ffffff
', which chooses the closest match from the default 256-colour set.vi
'.Character pair | Replaced with |
#(shell-command) |
First line of the command's output |
#[attributes] |
Colour or attribute change |
#H |
Hostname of local host |
#h |
Hostname of local host without the domain name |
#F |
Current window flag |
#I |
Current window index |
#P |
Current pane index |
#S |
Session name |
#T |
Current window title |
#W |
Current window name |
## |
A literal ‘# ' |
The #(shell-command) form executes ‘shell-command
' and inserts the first line of its output. Note that shell commands are only executed once at the interval specified by the status-interval option: if the status line is redrawn in the meantime, the previous result is used. Shell commands are executed with the tmux global environment set (see the ENVIRONMENT section).
The window title (#T) is the title set by the program running within the window using the OSC title setting sequence, for example:
$ printf '\033]2;My Title\033\\'
When a window is first created, its title is the hostname.
#[attributes] allows a comma-separated list of attributes to be specified, these may be ‘fg=colour
' to set the foreground colour, ‘bg=colour
' to set the background colour, the name of one of the attributes (listed under the message-attr option) to turn an attribute on, or an attribute prefixed with ‘no
' to turn one off, for example nobright. Examples are:
#(sysctl vm.loadavg) #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
Where appropriate, special character sequences may be prefixed with a number to specify the maximum length, for example ‘#24T
'.
By default, UTF-8 in string is not interpreted, to enable UTF-8, use the status-utf8 option.
For example, to set the ‘clear
' terminfo(5) entry to ‘\e[H\e[2J
' for all terminal types and the ‘dch1
' entry to ‘\e[P
' for the ‘rxvt
' terminal type, the option could be set to the string:
"*:clear=\e[H\e[2J,rxvt:dch1=\e[P"
The terminal entry value is passed through strunvis(3) before interpretation. The default value forcibly corrects the ‘colors
' entry for terminals which support 88 or 256 colours:
"*88col*:colors=88,*256col*:colors=256,xterm*:XT"
Set a window option. The -a, -g and -u flags work similarly to the set-option command.(alias: setw)
Supported window options are:
set-window-option -g automatic-rename off
vi
'.
#I:#W#F
'.
-_@
'.
Show the window options with -w (equivalent to show-window-options), the server options with -s, otherwise the session options for target session. Global session or window options are listed if -g is used.(alias: show)
List the window options for target-window, or the global window options if -g is used.(alias: showw)
The update-environment session option may be used to update the session environment from the client when a new session is created or an old reattached. tmux also initialises the TMUX variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed from inside, and the TERM variable with the correct terminal setting of ‘screen
'.
Commands to alter and view the environment are:
Set or unset an environment variable. If -g is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied to the session environment for target-session. The -u flag unsets a variable. -r indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a new process.(alias: setenv)
Display the environment for target-session or the global environment with -g. Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with ‘(alias: showenv)
-
'.The status line is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections (which may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell command, see the status-left, status-left-length, status-right, and status-right-length options below), and a central window list. By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order. It may be customised with the window-status-format and window-status-current-format options. The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
Symbol | Meaning |
* |
Denotes the current window. |
- |
Marks the last window (previously selected). |
# |
Window is monitored and activity has been detected. |
! |
A bell has occurred in the window. |
+ |
Window is monitored for content and it has appeared. |
~ |
The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval. |
The # symbol relates to the monitor-activity and + to the monitor-content window options. The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or content) is present.
The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire status line using the status-attr, status-fg and status-bg session options and individual windows using the window-status-attr, window-status-fg and window-status-bg window options.
The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the interval may be controlled with the status-interval session option.
Commands related to the status line are as follows:
If template is specified, it is used as the command. If present, -I is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt. If -p is given, prompts is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise a single prompt is displayed, constructed from template if it is present, or ‘:
' if not.
Both inputs and prompts may contain the special character sequences supported by the status-left option.
Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string ‘%%
' and all occurrences of ‘%1
' are replaced by the response to the first prompt, the second ‘%%
' and all ‘%2
' are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further prompts. Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced (‘%1
' to ‘%9
').
Ask for confirmation before executing command. If -p is given, prompt is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from command. It may contain the special character sequences supported by the status-left option.(alias: confirm)
This command works only from inside tmux.
Display a message. If -p is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the target-client status line. The format of message is as for status-left, with the exception that #() are not handled; information is taken from target-pane if -t is given, otherwise the active pane for the session attached to target-client.(alias: display)
A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window. By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the history-limit option (see the set-option command above).
The buffer commands are as follows:
%%
' is replaced by the buffer index in template and the result executed as a command. If template is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used. This command works only from inside tmux.Remove and free the history for the specified pane.(alias: clearhist)
Delete the buffer at buffer-index, or the top buffer if not specified.(alias: deleteb)
List the global buffers.(alias: lsb)
Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from path.(alias: loadb)
Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane. If not specified, paste into the current one. With -d, also delete the paste buffer from the stack. When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with a separator, by default carriage return (CR). A custom separator may be specified using the -s flag. The -r flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).(alias: pasteb)
Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to path. The -a option appends to rather than overwriting the file.(alias: saveb)
Set the contents of the specified buffer to data.(alias: setb)
Display the contents of the specified buffer.(alias: showb)
Execute command if shell-command returns success.(alias: if)
Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the lock-command option.(alias: lock)
Execute shell-command in the background without creating a window. After it finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in copy mode. If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.(alias: run)
Show server information and terminal details.(alias: info)
$ printf '\033]12;red\033\\'
$ printf '\033[4 q'
If Csr is set, it will be used to reset the cursor style instead of Cs.
$ tmux new-session vi
Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias. For new-session, this is new:
$ tmux new vi
Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted. If there are several options, they are listed:
$ tmux n ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing ‘C-b c
' (Ctrl followed by the ‘b
' key followed by the ‘c
' key).
Windows may be navigated with: ‘C-b 0
' (to select window 0), ‘C-b 1
' (to select window 1), and so on; ‘C-b n
' to select the next window; and ‘C-b p
' to select the previous window.
A session may be detached using ‘C-b d
' (or by an external event such as ssh(1) disconnection) and reattached with:
$ tmux attach-session
Typing ‘C-b ?
' lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used to navigate the list or ‘q
' to exit from it.
Commands to be run when the tmux server is started may be placed in the ~/.tmux.conf configuration file. Common examples include:
Changing the default prefix key:
set-option -g prefix C-a unbind-key C-b bind-key C-a send-prefix
Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
set-option -g status off set-option -g status-bg blue
Setting other options, such as the default command, or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh" set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
Creating new key bindings:
bind-key b set-option status bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'" bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
$Mdocdate: July 8 2011 $ | NetBSD 6.1 |