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iterm2 cheatsheet

This gist has been moved to its own Github repo, so it's easier to contribute with additions and corrections. Please open a PR there if you see any mistake, I don't track comments on here as there's no notification system for gists AFAIK. Thanks.

Tabs and Windows

Function Shortcut
Previous Tab + Left Arrow
Next Tab + Right Arrow
Go to Tab + Number
Go to Window + Option + Number
Go to Split Pane by Direction + Option + Arrow
Go to Split Pane by Order of Use + ] , + [
Split Window Horizontally (same profile) + D
Split Window Vertically (same profile) + d
Split Window Horizontally (new profile) Option + + H
Split Window Vertically (new profile) Option + + V
Resize current splitted pane Ctrl + + Arrow
Set Mark + M
Jump to Mark + J

Basic Moves

Function Shortcut
Move back one character Ctrl + b
Move forward one character Ctrl + f
Delete current character Ctrl + d
Delete previous character Backspace
Undo Ctrl + -

Moving Faster

Function Shortcut
Move to the start of line Ctrl + a
Move to the end of line Ctrl + e
Move forward a word Option + f
Move backward a word Option + b
Clear the screen + k

Cut and Paste

Function Shortcut
Cut from cursor to the end of line Ctrl + k
Cut from cursor to the end of word Option + d
Cut from cursor to the start of word Option + Backspace
Cut from cursor to previous whitespace Ctrl + w
Paste the last cut text Ctrl + w
Loop through and paste previously cut text Option + y
Loop through and paste the last argument of previous commands Option + .

Search the Command History

Function Shortcut
Search as you type Ctrl + r and type the search term; Repeat Ctrl + r to loop through result
Search the last remembered search term Ctrl + r twice
End the search at current history entry Ctrl + y
Cancel the search and restore original line Ctrl + g

Bonus tricks

Name the current tab in iTerm. >

# Add this to your .bash_profile and then:
# $ title tabName
function title {
    echo -ne "\033]0;"$*"\007"
}
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