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Is there a way to select text in iTerm OSX using keyboard?

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Yes! In iTerm2, do this:

  1. Cmd-F
  2. Type some text that matches part of what you want to copy.
  3. When you have a partial match on what you want to copy, you can expand the selection. Press tab to grow it one word to the right; press shift-tab to grow it one word to the left.

As soon as you press tab or shift-tab, it is copied to the clipboard. You can press option-Enter to immediately paste the selection and close the find bar at once.

Alternatively, the autocorrect feature reduces the need for copy-paste. Just type the start of some text that is either on the screen or you have copy-pasted recently and press cmd-;. A popup window appears and you can choose from there. Autocorrect works best for a single word, though.

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thanks. This is the only work-around I've found so far. However, I can't get it to go beyond a single line. Is that possible? –  Rob Bednark Nov 21 '12 at 15:47
If you have multiple matches, press cmd-G to go to the next match. Press shift-cmd-G to go the other way. –  rednaw Aug 7 '13 at 10:22
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