Tmux - the essentials is a concise article by David Winter giving a gentle introduction to the tmux terminal multiplexer.

• tmux create a new tmux session
• tmux ls list any existing tmux sessions
• tmux a reattach to the last open tmux session
• ctrl + b the default tmux command prefix
• prefix + d detach from current tmux session
• prefix + c create a new window
• prefix + 0-9 to switch to the numbered window
• prefix + , rename the existing window
• prefix + % split the current pane into two vertical panes, left and right
• prefix + " split the current pane into two horizontal panes, top and bottom
• prefix + q view numbered panes for current window
• prefix + q, 0-9 switch to pane immediately after displaying pane numbers
• prefix + z to zoom and unzoom

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