The text substitution feature in Mac OS X is an interesting and helpful feature. I see that we can use this feature in applications like TextEdit. However, is there a way we can use this feature in the terminal application?
I'm using this feature from System Preferences > Keyboard > Text
OS: Mac OS X El Capitan
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), iOS 9.2
Okay, let me elaborate in detail. There is a text substitution shortcut feature available in Mac OS where you can invoke a text string that is frequently used by typing a text shortcut associated specific to that text string. For example, instead of typing 'I will call you back in 10 min' all the time, a text shortcut '10min' can be associated with the string. So, whenever you type '10min', the actual string 'I will call you back in 10 min', will be invoked. This feature works fine in applications like TextEdit and Mac Mail etc. However, Terminal doesn't support this feature. Is there a way we can implement this feature in Terminal coz I use some lengthy commands all the time which can be helped by this functionality.
Hope I have clarified.
alias slc="some long command"
This helps for sure, but I was looking for text substitution feature using text shortcut instead of keystroke shortcut.
I cannot imagine what you are trying to do.
If, for example, you were trying to insert the symbol ½ into your terminal line, you could use Terminal's menu to go to Edit > Emoji & Symbols and insert it from there.
Yes, you clarified very well, thanks.
From Terminal's menu, go to:
Terminal > Preferences > Profiles > Keyboard
Add your stuff there.
Text substitutions in Terminal
