Questions tagged [iterm]

iTerm is an enhanced terminal emulator for OS X and macOS

iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with OS 10.5 (Leopard) or newer. Its focus is on performance, internationalization, and supporting innovative features that make your life better.

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Iterm Python3 text splitting elements starting with letter 'b'

I'm learning CS61a at the beginning. When I open a text of Shakespeare's work, I use text.read().split(), after that all the elements are returned with the letter "b" at the beginning. So why there is a "b" at the beginning? What's the meaning of…
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(Linux terminal or iTerm) How do I block select to delete(or edit)

This is not that important function though, how do I block select (to edit) at the terminal? For example, when you have the following command and I want to erase the middle one (nano) apt-get update && apt-get install nano && apt-get install…
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How to edit the string "Password: key symbol " printed on Sudo (anything) command?

I came here to ask for your help because I'm a little lost in this challenge I have in hands along some days. My goal is simple (although I do not know if it's easy to implement on code) - edit/modify the string "Password: " printed on Sudo…
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iTerm as visor with shadow

does anybody know how can I show a shadow also if I have the iTerm window on top like the visor from Totalterminal. I have added an border but this is not enough contrast to see the window endig. Cheers
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iTerm executing command on every new tab

Every time I open a new window in iTerm (or Terminal) on my Mac, it will pause for a second or two, and then print this message: -bash: alias: | grep -v 127.0.0.1: not found fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git It's…
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OSX Terminal animation

In iTerm for OSX I can see all these animated progress bars, while query is in process, for example https://yadi.sk/d/QfHcyNhN3MRqNQ Is it possible to configure default OSX Terminal to behave like this?
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How show panel on macOS terminal

I want to ask how I can do something like this: pure I mean, I want to show panel and have only icon and name of app. I'm using iTerm
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iTerm session not unique

I have a possibly simple issue, but can't resolve it. I recently downloaded iTerm and have it setup using zsh, but when using tabs they are always duplicated. For example I open two tabs A and B using CMD+T. I type ls in A and it works as expected,…
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Mac terminal opens really slowly, how can I see what scripts run on open?

When I open terminal / iTerm, it takes upwards of 7 seconds for the prompt to appear. Though I am using ZSH, I don't think it should take this long for the basic terminal to appear. When I open the terminal, it does seem to run some "node" process.…
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How I can have the command line on bash or zsh always in the same place?

Okay, this maybe sounds wear. When I use the terminal after every command I have to search where the input of my terminal is because it goes down with the stream. How I can have a fixed position for my input?
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Can't remove a entire command in iTerm and Terminal on Mac OS X

I'm using iTerm and Terminal in Mac OS X El Captain. When I delete characters using "delete" button in the command line, it stuck at some point and don't move left further in both iTerm and Terminal. For example, I typed %ps -aef | grep test and…
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Iterm2 terminal for mac

Is it possible to show iterm2 always in the top of the screen, even if my currenct app in running in the fullscreen mode? For example, I want to able run chrome and iterm2 in the same time when browser is in the fullscreen. Is it possible?
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iterm2 after upgrade does not open up profiles

I want to be able to type at command prompt it2 myMachine and have a new session pop up with defaults for that profile in Iterm2. The following used to work until upgrades, where $1 is the profile name... osascript <
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Zsh is behaving weirdly

It's kind of hard to describe this issue, but here goes. I recently updated all the ports on my Mac using sudo port upgrade outdated And now I have a display issue with zsh, as shown in this gif When I try to do tab completion, I get new text…
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iTerm 3 automatic cd

I recently downloaded iTerm 3 and I have this issue where it automatically cd's in a certain directory when I type the name. So for example, I want to run grunt, but there's a grunt directory. So when I type grunt, it doesnt run the CLI command, but…
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