Command prefix is C-b. This can be changed by building with, for example: META='\001' make Keybindings: d detach c create new window n next window p previous window l last (next to last selected) window r refresh screen w list current windows i show window info 0-9 select window There is one default server process per user which puts its socket in /tmp/tmux-UID. It is created the first time tmux is run and subsequent invocations will connect to the same server. The server holds multiple sessions. Syntax is: tmux [-v] [-S path] command [flags] -v Create logfiles, verbosity increases with more -v -S Set different server socket path Commands: (Commands can be shortened, as long as they are unambigous) new-session [-s ] [-d] Create new session. Attaches to new session unless -d is given. attach [-s ] Attach to session. list-sessions List sessions (can be shortened to ls). list-windows [-s ] List windows (can be shortened to lsw). rename-window [-s ] [-i ] name Rename window. Sessions are destroyed when no windows remain attached to them. You might get message "couldn't find server" after a crash, in this case you must remove the /tmp/tmux-`id -u` file manually.