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iTerm2 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 6/27/2019 on https://defkey.com/iterm-shortcuts

iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for macOS. It has features such as
full-screen mode, window transparency, strong find-on-page feature,
autocomplete and paste history.

iTerm2 has 54 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Tabs and Windows
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⌘ + T                   New Tab
⌘ + Left arrow          Previous Tab
⌘ + Right arrow         Next Tab
⌘ + W                   Close Tab or Window
Shift + Cmd + Right arrow Move Tab Right
Shift + Cmd + Left arrow Move Tab Left
⌘ + [1 - 9]             Go to Tab
⌘ + Option + Arrow keys Go to Split Pane by Direction
⌘ + `                   Cycle iTerm Windows
⌘ + D                   Split Window Vertically (same profile)
⌘ + Shift + D           Split Window Horizontally (same profile)
⌘ + Alt + Shift + Left click + Move the mouse (drag the pane from anywhere) Move a pane with the mouse
⌘ + Enter               Fullscreen
⌘ + Shift + Enter       Maximize a pane
Ctrl + ⌘ + Arrow keys   Resize Pane
⌘ + ]                   Go to Next Pane
⌘ + [                   Go to Previous Pane
Option + Cmd + Up arrow / Down arrow Select pane above / below
Option + Cmd + Left arrow / Right arrow Select pane left / right
Option + ⌘ + H          Split Window Horizontally (new profile)
Option + ⌘ + V          Split Window Vertically (new profile)
⌘ + Option + [1 - 9]    Go to window


Cursor and selection
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Ctrl + B                Move back one character
Ctrl + F                Move forward one character
Ctrl + D                Delete current character
Ctrl + W                Delete previous word (in shell)
Ctrl + A                Move to the start of line
Home                    Move to the start of line
Ctrl + E                Move to the end of line
End                     Move to the end of line
Option + F              Move forward a word
Option + B              Move backward a word
⌘ + M                   Set Mark
⌘ + J                   Jump to Mark
Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow Moving by word on a line
Option + Left click     Cursor Jump with Mouse
Shift + ⌘ + C           Enter Copy Mode
Ctrl + V                Enter Character Selection Mode in Copy Mode
Arrow keys              Move cursor in Copy Mode
Ctrl + K                Copy text in Copy Mode


Searching in the Command History
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Ctrl + R                Search as you type
Ctrl + R then Ctrl + R  Search the last remembered search term
Ctrl + Y                End the search at current history entry
Ctrl + G                Cancel the search and restore original line


Changing font size
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Cmd + +                 Make text bigger
Cmd + 0                 Make text normal size
Cmd + -                 Make text smaller


Misc
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Cmd + F                 Find
Ctrl + L                Clear window
⌘ + K                   Clear buffer
Shift + Page Up / Down  Scroll up / down
Command + Page Up / Down Scroll up / down
⌘ + Alt + I             Broadcast command to all panes in window
⌘ + \                   Find cursor

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