iTerm Shortcut Keys — ifdattic

If you use Mac OSX and do a lot of work in terminal the iTerm application will become your friend fast. It's a great terminal application and it would...

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iTerm Shortcut Keys — ifdattic

iTerm

A visual cheat-sheet for the 22 keyboard shortcuts found in iTerm. This application is MacOS-only.

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Overview

Total Shortcuts: 22

  • Multiple terminals:6 shortcuts
  • Splitting terminals:8 shortcuts
  • Interacting with the terminal:5 shortcuts
  • Changing font size:3 shortcuts

Multiple terminals

  • New tabCmd + T
  • Previous tabCmd + Left
  • Next tabCmd + Right
  • Close tabCmd + W
  • Move tab rightShift + Cmd + Right
  • Move tab leftShift + Cmd + Left

Splitting terminals

  • Split vertically with current profileCmd + D
  • Split horizontally with current profileCmd + Shift + D
  • Move to the next paneCmd + ]
  • Move to the previous paneCmd + [
  • Select pane aboveOpt + Cmd + Up
  • Select pane belowOpt + Cmd + Down
  • Select pane to the leftOpt + Cmd + Left
  • Select pane to the rightOpt + Cmd + Right

Interacting with the terminal

  • Clear windowCtrl + L
  • Clear bufferCmd + K
  • Scroll upShift + PgUp
  • Scroll downShift + PgDown
  • FindCmd + F

Changing font size

  • Make text biggerCmd + +
  • Make text smallerCmd + -
  • Make text normal sizeCmd + 0

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  • New Tab: ⌘T
    • Previous Tab: ⌘←
    • Next Tab: ⌘→
    • Close tab: ⌘w
    • Move Tab Right: ⇧⌘→
    • Move Tab Left: ⇧⌘←
  1. Working with multiple terminals in the same tab:
    • Split Vertically with Current Profile: ⌘D
    • Split Horizontally with Current Profile: ⇧⌘D
    • Next Pane: ⌘]
    • Previous Pane: ⌘[
    • Select Pane Above: ⌥⌘↑
    • Select Pane Below: ⌥⌘↓
    • Select Pane Left: ⌥⌘←
    • Select Pane Right: ⌥⌘→
  2. Interacting with the terminal:
    • Clear Window: ⌃L
    • Clear Buffer: ⌘K
    • Scroll Up: ⇧Page Up
    • Scroll Down: ⇧Page Down
    • Find...: ⌘F
  3. Changing font size:
    • Make Text Bigger: ⌘+
    • Make Text Normal Size: ⌘0
    • Make Text Smaller: ⌘-
  4. Custom shortcuts keys:
    • Delete last word: ⌘←Delete (sends 0x1B 0x08 hex code)
    • Go Left One Word: ⌥← (sends escape sequence b)
    • Go Right One Word: ⌥→ (sends escape sequence f)

The post concludes by emphasizing the importance of learning shortcut keys to improve productivity and become a power user.