iTerm2 has a very nasty habit of making an assumption of what I want to copy and paste from the terminal. Instead of just allowing me to copy exactly what I highlight, it will expand to what it considers more useful.
As an example maybe I have the following command
rsync <file> server.example.com:/home/user/<file>
If I was to select via cursor and highlight server.example.com, it will instead re-highlight the entire command and copy that. It is so annoying because I copy stuff all day long.
I copy by either pressing Command+C, or right clicking to get the dialog menu and selecting copy which is the same as doing “Edit” → “Copy”, on the toolbar.
I have disabled the automatic select text and copy function. That is something I do not want enabled.
Is there anyway to fix this?
Best Answer
If you do a double-click to select it go into "all-word" mode, which automatically grabs each word.
If you just click and drag it'll take whatever your selection is.