TechGuides/tmux/index.md

# Tmux Guide

I think I want to have this more or less as I am starting to use tmux.

## Sections

* Starting
* Notes
* History

## Starting

### Start a new session

```
$ tmux
```

```
$ tmux new
```

```
$ tmux new-session
```

```
Ctrl-b :new
```

### Start new named session

```
$ tmux -s session-name
```

```
ctrl-b :new -s session-name
```

## Session Control

Stuff related to controlling sessions.  

### List Sessions

```
$ tmux ls
```

```
$ tmux list-sessions
```

```
ctrl-b s
```

### Detach from Session

```
ctrl-b d
```

### Attach to Session

#### Attach to last session

```
$ tmux a
```

```
$ tmux at
```

```
$ tmux attach
```

```
$ tmux attach-session
```

#### Attach to Named Session

```
$ tmux a -t [session-name]
```

```
$ tmux at -t [session-name]
```

```
$ tmux attach -t [session-name]
```

```
$ tmux attach-session -t [session-name]
```

#### Rename Session

```
ctrl-b : rename-session [-t current-name] [new-name]
```

```
ctrl-b $
```

## Panes

Panes are how I've worked, apparently windows are another thing

### Switch Panes

#### Switch in arrow direction

```
ctrl-b up-arrow
```

```
ctrl-b down-arrow
```

```
ctrl-b right-arrow
```

```
ctrl-b left-arrow
```

#### Toggle Active Pane

```
ctrl-b ;
```

#### Split Window Horizontal

```
ctrl-b : split-window -h
```

```
ctrl-b %
```

#### Split Window Vertical

```
ctrl-b : split-window -v
```

```
ctrl-b "
```

#### Show Pane Numbers

```
ctrl-b q
```

#### Switch Pane by Number

```
ctrl-b q [pane number]
```

## Help


### List Keys

```
$ tmux list-keys
```

```
ctrl-b : list-keys
```

```
ctrl-b ?
```

## Info

### Show every session, window, pane et cetera

```
$ tmux info
```

## Notes

This currently is the stuff that I am most likely to need most often.  

## History

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