Shortcuts

Prefix d

  Detaches from the session, leaving the session running in the background.

Prefix :

  Enters Command mode.

Prefix c

  Creates a new window from within an existing tmux session. Shortcut for new-window.

Prefix 0…9

  Selects windows by number.

Prefix w

  Displays a selectable list of windows in the current session.

Prefix ,

  Displays a prompt to rename a window.

Prefix &

  Closes the current window after prompting for confirmation.

Prefix %

  Divides the current window in half vertically.

Prefix “

  Divides the current window in half horizontally.

Prefix o

  Cycles through open panes.

Prefix q

  Momentarily displays pane numbers in each pane.

Prefix x

  Closes the current pane after prompting for confirmation.

Prefix Space

  Cycles through the various pane layouts.

Prefix PageUp

  Enable scrolling

Status line variables

#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

  Current session name

#T

  Current window title

#W

  Current window name

##

  A literal #

#(shell-command)

  First line of the shell command’s output

#[attributes]

  Color or attribute change