Learning new tricks, making some notes.
Ctrl-b c - create a new tab
Ctrl-b 0..9 - switch tabs
Ctrl-b p/n - switch to previous or next tab
tmux new-session -A -s <name> - start new session with name OR attach to existing session
tmux ls - list active sessions
tmux attach-session -t 0 -d - attach to a session, -t 0 to specify a session number, -d to detach other clients.
Ctrl-b d - detach from a current session
Ctrl-b [ - enter copy mode: "space" to visual-block selection, "shift-V" for visual-line selection, "enter" to copy text.
Ctrl-b PageUP - enter copy mode and jump one page backward, useful to scroll logs.
Ctrl-b % - split screen vertically
Ctrl-b <arrows> - switch between splits
SSH into tmux:
ssh -t user@host tmux new-session -A -s "MACHINE@SSH"
-t - request tty, MACHINE@SSH is a session name, just a distinguish enough value for status line.
or directly from ssh_config:
Host host-tmux
Hostname 10.0.0.1
RequestTTY yes
RemoteCommand tmux new-session -A -s "MACHINE@SSH"
Reading:
tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible: basic tmux settings everyone can agree on.
make tmux pretty and usable: a guide to customizing your tmux.conf.