Enter and Search Copy Mode in tmux
From the tmux cheat sheet · Copy Mode and Buffers · verified Aug 2026
Enter and Search Copy Mode
Browse pane history without sending input to the app.
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# Ctrl-b [ enter copy mode
# q exit copy mode📌 Copy mode reads tmux scrollback history
💡 Set mode-keys vi when those motions are familiar
🔍 Search keys depend on the selected mode table
⚡ q exits copy mode without copying
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