it2 text replace

Replace text in session buffer

Synopsis

it2 text replace <session-id> <pattern> <replacement> [flags]

Description

Replace text patterns in the session buffer.

Note: This command injects replacement text at found locations.
Use with caution as it modifies the actual terminal content.

Options

--case-sensitive

Case sensitive search

--confirm (default true)

Confirm each replacement

--format (default "table")

Output format (table|json|yaml|text)

--max-replacements (default 10)

Maximum number of replacements to make

--regex

Treat pattern as regular expression

--timeout (default "5s")

Command timeout

--url (default "ws://localhost:1912")

iTerm2 WebSocket URL

--whole-word

Match whole words only

See Also

  • it2 text - Text and buffer operations in iTerm2

Examples

# Replace text in buffer
$ it2 text replace abc123 "old_value" "new_value"

# Case-sensitive replacement
$ it2 text replace --case-sensitive abc123 "error" "ERROR"

# Replace with regex
$ it2 text replace --regex abc123 "foo\d+" "bar"

# Whole word replacement
$ it2 text replace --whole-word abc123 "test" "prod"

# Limit replacements
$ it2 text replace --max-replacements 5 abc123 "x" "y"

# Replace without confirmation
$ it2 text replace --confirm=false abc123 "old" "new"