Byobu

keyboard shortcuts

F9 - Configuration menu

Alt + F5 - Toggle UTF-8

Shift + F2 or Ctrl + a | - Split screen horizontally

Ctrl + F2 or Ctrl + a % - Split screen vertically

Ctrl + a :resize-pane -L 20 - Resize increase left of current window pane by 20 units (other available ones are -D, -R, -U)

Ctrl + a Tab - Next to the next screen in a split screen

F2 or Ctrl + a c - Create a new window

F8 or Ctrl + a A - Rename the screen

F3 or Ctrl + a Ctrl + a - Go back to the previous window

Ctrl + a <0-9> - Switch to screen #0-9 (quick toggle)

Ctrl + a " - View a list of the current screens, which will allow you to select one from the list

Ctrl + a ' - Enter a screen number to switch to (slower version of Ctrl+a <0-9>)

Ctrl + a d - Detach the whole screen session and fork to the background. Very useful for remote sessions you want to leave open. The command "screen -r" will resume your screen session.

Ctrl + a Esc - Scroll up through your command line "history" and see what output you previously got. Hitting <Escape> again cancels it.

Ctrl + a :clear-history - clear history in the viewing buffer

Nested remote session

Shift+F12 - Toggle the outer byobu's keybindings on or off

Ctrl+a a c - Create a new session

links

• https://gist.github.com/devhero/7b9a7281db0ac4ba683f (added on 2019-05-29)
• http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference
• https://gist.github.com/jshaw/5255721