Screen and Tmux Cheatsheet
Screen
Useful Links
Basic commands
$ screen # create and attach to a screen session
$ screen -S <name> # create and attach to a named session, 'Work'
$ screen -ls # list your screen sessions
$ screen -x # reattach
$ screen -r <id> # reattach to specific session, or list your existing sessions if no <id>
$ exit # exit and close a screen session
$ Ctrl+d # exit and close a screen session
Inside a Screen Session
Screen
commands start with Ctrl+A
followed by a subcommand key such as C
, invokes a new screen
session. If an uppercase subcommand key is required it is shown as Shift+S
, horizontal window split.
# Detaching
$ Ctrl+A D # detach
$ Ctrl+A Shift+D Shift+D # detach and logout
# Reattaching - from UNIX shell
$ screen -x # reattach
$ screen -r <id> # reattach to specific session
# Window Management
$ Ctrl+A C # create new window
$ Ctrl+A Ctrl+A # previous active new window
$ Ctrl+A <number> # connect to a given screen (0..9)
$ Ctrl+A ' <title> # connect to a given screen title or number
$ Ctrl+A N # next window in list
$ Ctrl+A <space-key> # next window in list
$ Ctrl+A P # next window in list
$ Ctrl+A <backspace-key> # next window in list
$ Ctrl+A W # display window bar
$ Ctrl+A Shift+A # rename current window
$ Ctrl+A " # window list
# Split Screen Regions
$ Ctrl+A Shift+S # split horizontally
$ Ctrl+A | # split vertically
$ Ctrl+A <tab-key> # jump to next window region
$ Ctrl+A Shift+X # remove current region
$ Ctrl+A Shift+Q # remove all regions except current one
# Miscellaneous
$ Ctrl+A ? # help, list key bindings
$ Ctrl+A Ctrl+L # redraw window
$ Ctrl+A M # monitor window for activity
$ Ctrl+A _ # monitor window for silence
$ Ctrl+A x # lock, password protect session
$ Ctrl+A H # enable screen session logging
$ Ctrl+A ? # help, list key bindings
Tmux
Useful Links
Basic Commands
$ tmux # create and attach to a tmux session
$ tmux new -s <name> # create and attach to a named session
$ tmux ls # list your tmux sessions
$ tmux list-session # list your tmux sessions
$ tmux a # reattach
$ tmux at # reattach
$ tmux attach # reattach
$ tmux attach-session # reattach
$ tmux attach-session -t <name> # reattach to specific session
$ Ctrl+d # exit and close a tmux session
$ exit # exit and close a tmux session
Inside a tmux Session
tmux
commands start with Ctrl+B
followed by a subcommand key such as C
, invokes a new screen
session.
In tmux
there are NO uppercase subcommand keys and the menu bar is always shown.
# Detaching
$ Ctrl+B D # detach
$ Ctrl+B & # close current window
# Reattaching - from UNIX shell
$ tmux attach-session # reattach
$ tmux attach-session -t <name> # reattach to specific session
# Window Management
$ Ctrl+B C # create new window
$ Ctrl+B L # previous active new window
$ Ctrl+B <number> # connect to a given screen (0..9)
$ Ctrl+B ' <title> # connect to a given screen title or number
$ Ctrl+B N # next window in list
$ Ctrl+B P # next window in list
$ Ctrl+B , # rename current window
$ Ctrl+B W # window list
$ Ctrl+B : swap-window -s 2 -t 1 # reorder windows, swap window number 2(src) and 1(dst)
$ Ctrl+B : swap-window -t -1 # move current window to the left one position
# Split Window into Panes
$ Ctrl+B " # split horizontally
$ Ctrl+B : split-window -h # split horizontally
$ Ctrl+B % # split vertically
$ Ctrl+B : split-window -v # split vertically
$ Ctrl+B ; # toggle last active pane
$ Ctrl+B O # jump to next pane
$ Ctrl+B <up-arrow> # select pane up
$ Ctrl+B <down-arrow> # select pane down
$ Ctrl+B <left-arrow> # select pane left
$ Ctrl+B <right-arrow> # select pane right
$ Ctrl+B Q # show pane numbers
$ Ctrl+B Q <number> # switch/select pane by number
$ Ctrl+B } # move pane right
$ Ctrl+B { # move pane left
$ Ctrl+B Ctrl+<up-arrow> # adjust pane height
$ Ctrl+B Ctrl+<down-arrow> # adjust pane height
$ Ctrl+B Ctrl+<left-arrow> # adjust pane width
$ Ctrl+B Ctrl+<right-arrow> # adjust pane width
$ Ctrl+B X # close current pane
$ Ctrl+B ! # convert current pane to a window
# Miscellaneous
$ Ctrl+B $ # rename session
$ Ctrl+B S # list tmux sessions