tmux copy-mode is a tmux mode that lets you scroll, search, copy, and jump your way through a pane. There are a ton of keybindings for copy-mode, the main ones you will need to know are /
for searching down ?
for searching up, n
for next item, space
for starting a selection, and enter to copy the selection. Arrow keys will be used for navigation unless you have specified vi mode, then it will be hjkl
.
Default keybinding to get into copy mode is prefix+[
.
bind-key [ copy-mode
If you are a vim user you will likely want to use vi style keys, add this to your ~/.tmux.conf
file to enable vi mode.
setw -g mode-keys vi
full list of copy-mode keybindings from the man page.
Command vi emacs
append-selection
append-selection-and-cancel A
back-to-indentation ^ M-m
begin-selection Space C-Space
bottom-line L
cancel q Escape
clear-selection Escape C-g
copy-end-of-line [<prefix>] D C-k
copy-line [<prefix>]
copy-pipe [<command>] [<prefix>]
copy-pipe-no-clear [<command>] [<prefix>]
copy-pipe-and-cancel [<command>] [<prefix>]
copy-selection [<prefix>]
copy-selection-no-clear [<prefix>]
copy-selection-and-cancel [<prefix>] Enter M-w
cursor-down j Down
cursor-down-and-cancel
cursor-left h Left
cursor-right l Right
cursor-up k Up
end-of-line $ C-e
goto-line <line> : g
halfpage-down C-d M-Down
halfpage-down-and-cancel
halfpage-up C-u M-Up
history-bottom G M->
history-top g M-<
jump-again ; ;
jump-backward <to> F F
jump-forward <to> f f
jump-reverse , ,
jump-to-backward <to> T
jump-to-forward <to> t
jump-to-mark M-x M-x
middle-line M M-r
next-matching-bracket % M-C-f
next-paragraph } M-}
next-space W
next-space-end E
next-word w
next-word-end e M-f
other-end o
page-down C-f PageDown
page-down-and-cancel
page-up C-b PageUp
pipe [<command>] [<prefix>]
pipe-no-clear [<command>] [<prefix>]
pipe-and-cancel [<command>] [<prefix>]
previous-matching-bracket M-C-b
previous-paragraph { M-{
previous-space B
previous-word b M-b
rectangle-on
rectangle-off
rectangle-toggle v R
refresh-from-pane r r
scroll-down C-e C-Down
scroll-down-and-cancel
scroll-up C-y C-Up
search-again n n
search-backward <for> ?
search-backward-incremental <for> C-r
search-backward-text <for>
search-forward <for> /
search-forward-incremental <for> C-s
search-forward-text <for>
search-reverse N N
select-line V
select-word
set-mark X X
start-of-line 0 C-a
stop-selection
top-line H M-R
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