Install Tmux

$ brew install tmux
# Tmux-based terminal divider
$ brew install tmux-xpanes

Save Tmux config

$ tmux info
$ tmux show -g | sed 's/^/set-option -g /' > ~/.tmux.conf

## Reload config
$ tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

# Kill Tmux server
$ tmux kill-server

Basic Commands

Prefix: Ctrl-b

• Install Tmux Plugin manager

  # Install plugins
  $ prefix + I
  # Uninstall
  $ prefix + Alt + u

• Save and Restore Sessions

  $ prefix + Ctrl-s
  $ prefix + Ctrl-r

• Manage Sessions

  $ tmux new -s code
  $ tmux attach-session -t code
  $ tmux kill-session -t code
  # Kill current session
  $ prefix + :kill-session
  # Detach a session
  $ prefix + d

• Windows and Sessions

  # Create a new window
  $ prefix + c
  
  # Rename a window
  $ prefix + ,
  
  # Kill a window
  $ Ctrl + d
  $ exit
  $ prefix + &
  
  # Switch to the previous window
  $ prefix + p
  # Switch to the next window
  $ prefix + n
  # Switch to window 1
  $ prefix + 1
  
  $ prefix + w
  $ tmux list-windows
  $ tmux list-sessions
  $ tmux list-clients
  $ tmux ls
  
  # Switch session
  $ prefix + s
  $ prefix + )
  $ prefix + (

• Window Panes

  # Split window vertically
  $ prefix + %
  # Split window horizontally
  $ prefix + '"'
  # Pane Navigation
  $ prefix + ->,<-,Up,Down
  # Exit pane
  $ exit or  prefix + x

• Show menu

  $ prefix +  >

• Mouse Mode

  Click Alt/Option to override the mouse protocol and let you select/paste

  set -g mouse on

Normally Tmux commands can be entered three different ways:

• By running tmux ... command in a shell inside tmux
• By hitting Ctrl-b + : in tmux and then entering command into tmux’s command prompt
• By adding a command into to your ~/.tmux.conf file to bind the key at startup

Key Bindings

• List Key Bindings

  $ prefix + ?
  $ tmux list-keys

Modifier-Keys

• Ctrl-Keys