iterm cheetsheet

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iTERM2 Cheetsheet

Fancy Utilities

1. Paste history: ⌘ + Shift + h
2. Instant Replay: ⌘ + Opt + b
3. Mouseless selection: ⌘ + f; Tab
4. Smart select: Quad-Click
5. Rectangle Select: ⌘ + Opt + Select
6. Open link (URL/File): ⌘ + Click

Window management

1. Reset (cleat window): ⌘ + r

Tab Management

1. Full screen: ⌘ + Enter
2. New Tab: ⌘ + t
3. Jump between tabs: ⌘ + → and ⌘ + ←
4. Exposé tabs: ⌘ + Opt + e

Pane management

1. Split vertical (New pane): ⌘ + d
2. Split horizontal (New pane): ⌘ + Shift + d
3. Jump between panes: ⌘ + [ and ⌘ + ] or ⌘ + Opt + →/←/↓/↑
4. Enlarge current pane: ⌘ + Shift + Enter

Tmux Support

Run tmux -CC, iTerm2 native commands will be interpreted as tmux commands.

Moving around

1. Support for all readline commands
2. Move cursor at point: Opt + Click

Set window/tab title

# Disable automatic title setting in oh-my-zsh
export DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true"

# call this function anywhere to set tab title
# set_term_title my_title my_long_title
function set_term_title {
  if [[ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "iTerm.app" ]]; then
    print -Pn "\e]2;$2:q\a" #set window name
    print -Pn "\e]1;$1:q\a" #set icon (=tab) name
  fi
}

Source and more ..

1. iTerm documentation