Byobu
keyboard shortcuts
F9
- Configuration menu
Alt + F5
- Toggle UTF-8
Shirt+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