tldr/pages/common/tmux.md

# tmux

> Terminal multiplexer.
> It allows multiple sessions with windows, panes, and more.
> See also: `zellij`, `screen`.
> More information: <https://github.com/tmux/tmux>.

- Start a new session:

`tmux`

- Start a new named [s]ession:

`tmux {{[new|new-session]}} -s {{name}}`

- List existing sessions:

`tmux {{[ls|list-sessions]}}`

- Attach to the most recently used session:

`tmux {{[a|attach]}}`

- Detach from the current session (inside a tmux session):

`<Ctrl b><d>`

- Create a new window (inside a tmux session):

`<Ctrl b><c>`

- Switch between sessions and windows (inside a tmux session):

`<Ctrl b><w>`

- Kill a session by [t]arget name:

`tmux kill-session -t {{name}}`
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tmux: update page and Spanish translation (#11856) * tmux: update Spanish translation Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> * tmux: update page Signed-off-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> --------- Signed-off-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Juri Dispan <juri.dispan@posteo.net> Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2023-12-28 07:12:36 -03:00			`> Terminal multiplexer.`
			`> It allows multiple sessions with windows, panes, and more.`
			> See also: `zellij`, `screen`.
Refactor: reword English pages' links' descriptions. 2019-06-03 02:06:36 +02:00			`> More information: <https://github.com/tmux/tmux>.`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
Tmux improvements (#3806) As it's in the tmux tldr, we don't need to mention tmux when talking about a tmux session. Cleaned up some wording as well. Oftentimes, users will change their prefix. This shouldn't assume that your prefix is Ctrl-b. Detach session also needs to be a lowercase "d" rather than uppercase. The tip for killing your current session does not work as described. If you simply use "prefix x", that allows you to kill your pane, not your session. Killing your session isn't bound to any key command (by default). So the best way to kill your current session (from within tmux) is not outlined. 2020-02-12 04:48:30 -07:00			`- Start a new session:`
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			`tmux`

tmux: add option placeholders and mnemonics (#16326) 2025-05-03 18:38:54 +03:00			`- Start a new named [s]ession:`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
tmux: add option placeholders and mnemonics (#16326) 2025-05-03 18:38:54 +03:00			`tmux {{[new\|new-session]}} -s {{name}}`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
Tmux improvements (#3806) As it's in the tmux tldr, we don't need to mention tmux when talking about a tmux session. Cleaned up some wording as well. Oftentimes, users will change their prefix. This shouldn't assume that your prefix is Ctrl-b. Detach session also needs to be a lowercase "d" rather than uppercase. The tip for killing your current session does not work as described. If you simply use "prefix x", that allows you to kill your pane, not your session. Killing your session isn't bound to any key command (by default). So the best way to kill your current session (from within tmux) is not outlined. 2020-02-12 04:48:30 -07:00			`- List existing sessions:`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
tmux: add option placeholders and mnemonics (#16326) 2025-05-03 18:38:54 +03:00			`tmux {{[ls\|list-sessions]}}`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
Tmux improvements (#3806) As it's in the tmux tldr, we don't need to mention tmux when talking about a tmux session. Cleaned up some wording as well. Oftentimes, users will change their prefix. This shouldn't assume that your prefix is Ctrl-b. Detach session also needs to be a lowercase "d" rather than uppercase. The tip for killing your current session does not work as described. If you simply use "prefix x", that allows you to kill your pane, not your session. Killing your session isn't bound to any key command (by default). So the best way to kill your current session (from within tmux) is not outlined. 2020-02-12 04:48:30 -07:00			`- Attach to the most recently used session:`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
tmux: add option placeholders and mnemonics (#16326) 2025-05-03 18:38:54 +03:00			`tmux {{[a\|attach]}}`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
tmux: add window management commands and small improvements (#4953) 2020-11-21 02:55:15 +00:00			`- Detach from the current session (inside a tmux session):`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
pages/common/*: apply keypress specifications (#15859) 2025-03-09 03:23:24 +02:00			`<Ctrl b><d>`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
tmux: add window management commands and small improvements (#4953) 2020-11-21 02:55:15 +00:00			`- Create a new window (inside a tmux session):`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
pages/common/*: apply keypress specifications (#15859) 2025-03-09 03:23:24 +02:00			`<Ctrl b><c>`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
tmux: add window management commands and small improvements (#4953) 2020-11-21 02:55:15 +00:00			`- Switch between sessions and windows (inside a tmux session):`
Add tmux 2014-11-02 10:34:19 +02:00
pages/common/*: apply keypress specifications (#15859) 2025-03-09 03:23:24 +02:00			`<Ctrl b><w>`
tmux: adding how to kill a session when attached (#1940) 2018-01-27 09:16:07 +01:00
tmux: add option placeholders and mnemonics (#16326) 2025-05-03 18:38:54 +03:00			`- Kill a session by [t]arget name:`
tmux: adding how to kill a session when attached (#1940) 2018-01-27 09:16:07 +01:00
tmux: add window management commands and small improvements (#4953) 2020-11-21 02:55:15 +00:00			`tmux kill-session -t {{name}}`