iTerm2

macOS Terminal Replacement utility

Shell Integrations

iTerm2 Terminal utilities

Location

The Utilities Package places shell scripts in $HOME/.iterm2/ and creates aliases to them at the bottom of $HOME/.iterm2_shell_integration.$SHELL.

imgcat

The imgcat program displays images inline in your terminal.imgcat filename [filename...]

imgls

Lists the files in a directory with thumbnail previews for images. imgls [filename...]

it2copy

Copies text to the pasteboard. Works over ssh. Accepts either standard input or a named file cat file.txt | it2copy it2copy file.txt For this to work you must enable Prefs > General > Applications in terminal may access clipboard.

it2dl

The it2dl program downloads files. This is useful when you are ssh'ed to a remote host. The downloaded files are placed in your Downloads folder.

it2getvar

Fetches a session variable. For information about variables, see Scripting Fundamentals. it2getvar session.name

it2setcolor

Configures iTerm2's colors.

it2setkeylabel

Configures touch bar function key labels.

it2ul

Uploads a file. Works over ssh. it2ul [destination [tar flags]] If used without arguments, the file goes to the current directory. When you run this, you'll be prompted to select one or more files. Next, iTerm2 creates a tar.gz file containing those files and base-64 encodes them. The it2ul script receives it, decodes it, and untars it with -xzfC. Any arguments you provide go after a lone - argument,

it2universion

Sets the unicode version for the current session.

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