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I know I can cycle through my tabs using cmd+{ or cmd+}, but is it possible to select a specific tab (i.e. cmd+3 for the third tab in iTerm) in Leopards' Terminal.app?

p3t0r
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    What is wrong with my question? Why do people vote it down? – p3t0r Oct 03 '08 at 13:15
  • It's not really a programming question. I have a shiney new Mac and as much as it is tempting to ask stuff like this here, I just slap myself and go somewhere else. :) – Kev Oct 03 '08 at 13:35
  • I've been asking around and searching the web for this; couldn't really find a solution. I find it to be closely related to programming productivity. – p3t0r Oct 03 '08 at 13:49
  • Perhaps, but so is the search for a UK A1048 keyboard for my new mac to replace the crappy aluminium thing they seem to think is ergonomic....that affects my productivity, but I still wouldn't ask. :-) – Kev Oct 03 '08 at 16:31
  • Well I find that interesting to ask since the information is hard to find and the terminal is indeed something most programmers are expected to use on a daily basis. It's not another "what's your favorite algorithm" entertainment-only poll. – Gilles Oct 03 '08 at 19:49
  • hey, cool question! I didn't even realize that terminal.app *has* tabs. thx! |K – kent May 13 '09 at 08:57
  • This question might be better posed on SuperUser. – Dan Fabulich Apr 08 '10 at 00:23

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This is an option. Tab Switching in Terminal

Ryan E
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Yes it is, you use Command-1, Command-2 etc. Have a look under the Window menu, and you'll see the windows listed with their shortcut equivalent. (The 'clover-leaf' is the symbol for the Command key - also known as the Apple key.)

My apologies - missed the fact you were referring to Tabs first time around. I don't believe there is any other keyboard shortcut to switch between Tabs beyond Cmd-{ and }. Perhaps if that's important, don't group them in the first place? Leave them as separate windows?

RET
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I would highly suggest using GNU Screen if you really need tabs that much. I have a particular .screenrc file that makes life easier, just put the following in your home directory in a file called .screenrc:

defscrollback 1024
hardstatus on
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %m/%d %C%a "

Also, when starting screen, I run screen -c ~/.screenrc.programming which looks like this:

source $HOME/.screenrc

screen -t World
screen -t Server
screen -t Console
screen -t Command
screen -t Editor
screen -t MySQL

This will open a bunch of 'tabs' that you can switch between using Ctrl-A,n and Ctrl-A,p or Ctrl-A followed by a number to switch directly to one.

Topher Fangio
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