Split Panes in tmux
From the tmux cheat sheet · Panes · verified Aug 2026
Split Panes
Split the current pane vertically or horizontally.
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# Ctrl-b % left and right
# Ctrl-b " top and bottom📌 -h creates left and right panes
📌 -v creates top and bottom panes
💡 -c starts the pane in a chosen directory
🔍 -p sets the new pane size as a percentage
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