I’m so tired of looking for posts about jumping/deleting words and jumping between the beginning and the end of the line in iTerm2, that I’ve decided to write my own post.

Word jumping – with option + left/right

• Go to iTerm preferences –> "your default profile" –> Keys
• get rid of the lines with the two lines sending escape codes with option + left/right
• Add a couple of lines in iTerm preferences –> Keys (Global Shortcut keys)
  • option + left: Send Escape Sequence, ESC + B
  • option + right: Send Escape Sequence, ESC + F

Word deletion – with option + backspace

Add a line in iTerm preferences –> Keys (Global Shortcut keys):

• option + backspace: Send Hex Code, 0x1B 0x08

Jump to the beginning/end of a line – with cmd + left/right

Add a couple of lines in iTerm preferences –> Keys (Global Shortcut keys):

• cmd + left: Send Hex Code, 0x01
• cmd + right: Send Hex Code, 0x05

Check the following screenshot for more details: