How to create a new window in tmux
New window (like a browser tab), switches to it:
keysprefix + c
Open in the current directory
By default new windows start in the directory where the session was created. Most people want the directory they're in now:
~/.tmux.conf
bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"Name it up front
new-window -n logs creates it pre-named. From a shell: tmux neww -n logs 'journalctl -f' — starts the command directly, and the window closes when it exits.
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Verified against tmux 3.6 · updated July 2026 · back to the full cheat sheet