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You can use arrow keys to move the cursor in macOS Terminal.

Left and right arrow will move left and right by character.

Option-left and right arrow will move by word.

ctrl-A moves to the beginning of the prompt and ctrl-E moves to the end. 1/20

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When you want more memorable Keystrokes you can create your own in the ‘Keyboard’ tab of the ‘Profiles’ area of Terminal Preferences. 2/20

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You can also navigate the Terminal prompt with the mouse pointer: Option-click (⌥-click) in the prompt moves the cursor there. 3/20

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When you hold the option key, the mouse pointer turns into a crosshair. With option-drag, you can do rectangular text selection in Terminal. This is especially useful for certain list outputs. 4/20

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You can double-click text in Terminal to select words, and triple-click to select lines. However, since 'words' end at slashes and other punctuation, you cannot select paths this way.

shift-command double-click selects an entire path or URL.

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After selecting a path or URL, use shift-command V to type the selection at the current prompt without having to copy it to the pasteboard first.

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(There is a bug where the selection disappears when you start typing, but it still exists.)

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When you already have a path in the clipboard, but it contains spaces and other special characters, you can use ctrl-command V to paste and escape.

(combine this with the previous tip: shift-ctrl-command V pastes and escapes the selection)

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You can use command-up arrow to scroll to the previous command prompt. You can then use command-down arrow to jump back to the next command prompt.

If you have a Touch Bar Mac, you will see these strange arrow buttons, which do the same thing.

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You can use shift-command A to select the output of the previous command.

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You can use command-L to clear the output of the previous command. (This will not remove the command from the shell history.)

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You can open man pages from Terminals help menu, use shift-command-slash to open the menu and start typing the command in the help search field.

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This yellow man page window is extra useful because it is easier to scroll and you can use command-F to search for text.

You can of course use command-F in all Terminal windows, but it is especially useful in man page windows.

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Bonus: if you don’t like the ‘yellow’ background or want a different or larger font, you can change the look and feel for the man page windows by editing the ‘Man Page’ profile in Terminal Preferences.

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You can also open man pages from the Touch Bar, just start typing a a command in the prompt and select the man page in the Touch Bar.

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While we are talking about the Touch Bar, there are some useful items for the Terminal Touch Bar that are not placed there by default, use 'Customize Touch Bar…' from the 'View' Menu to change this.

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Bonus: remember that Sidecar can add a Touch Bar to a Mac that doesn’t have one, like an iMac or Mac Pro.

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One button you can add to the TouchBar is ‘Background Color.’ This allows you to change the background color for a Terminal window or tab. This is useful to highlight a ‘special’ window. It even provides a bunch of different color pickers.

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You can also initiate an ssh connection from a customized Touch Bar.

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The Profiles tab in the Info window (command-I) allows you to change the look and feel of an existing Terminal window or tab.

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The Info Window also gives me an overview of the processes running in the Terminal window.

You can use the gear menu to get some more information and you can send signals, such as QUIT or KILL to a process.

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When you have arranged your 'perfect' terminal workspace, with multiple windows in different locations, maybe even remote connections, you can save this as a "window group."

Check 'Restore all commands' to reconnect to remote servers.

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This is a guest post written by @mischavdbent who doesn’t (yet) have his own blog! https://twitter.com/scriptingosx/status/1267794398370299909

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