Shortcuts for Terminal

Select a word

Double-click the word

Select a block of text enclosed in parentheses or brackets, including (,<, {, [

Double-click one of the enclosing paretheses or brackets

Select a block of text including special characters

⌘ + double-click the text

Select two words separated by a space

⌘ + double-click the space between the words

If you continue to hold down the mouse button and the Command key and then drag, Terminal will select the text a word at a time.

Select a complete line of text

Triple-click the line

Add the complete path to a file

Drag the file from the Finder into the Terminal window

Create a new shell window

⌘ + N

Enter a new command to be run

Shift + ⌘ + N

Connect to a server

Shift + ⌘ + K

Save

⌘ + S

Save as

Shift + ⌘ + S

Save text as

Option + ⌘ + S

Save selected text as

Shift + Option + ⌘ + S

Show information about the Terminal window

⌘ + I

Change the window title

Shift + ⌘ + T

Send break

⌘ + period

The break command is equivalent to entering Control + C on the command line.

Send reset

⌘ + R

Send hard reset

Option + ⌘ + R

Page setup

Shift + ⌘ + P

Print

⌘ + P

Cut

⌘ + K

Copy

⌘ + C

Paste

⌘ + V

Paste the selection

Shift + ⌘ + V

Paste escaped text

Control + ⌘ + V

Select all

⌘ + A

Start keyboard selection

Shift + ⌘ + Return

End keyboard selection

Escape

Copy style

Option + ⌘ + C

Paste style

Option + ⌘ + V

Find

⌘ + F

Find the searchterm

⌘ + G

Find the searchterm previous to the selection

⌘ + Shift + G

Find using the selected text

⌘ + E

Open special characters palette

Option + ⌘ + T

Show fonts

⌘ + T

Make fonts bigger

⌘ + "+"

Make fonts smaller

⌘ + "-"

Next Terminal window

⌘ + `

Previous Terminal window

⌘ + ~