Snippets

Snippets are stored commands — the ones you research once and need again months later. They live in the sidebar’s Snippets tab (⌘2).

Adding a snippet

  1. Click + at the bottom of the Snippets tab, or choose Shell > New Snippet….
  2. Enter a Title (for example “Restart mDNSResponder”), the Command, and optional Notes.
  3. Click Add Snippet.

The AI assistant’s Save as Snippet… button opens this same editor with the suggested command already filled in.

Using a snippet

Double-click a snippet, or right-click and choose Insert in Terminal. OliTerm types the command into the terminal and stops there — the cursor waits at the end of the line.

Note Snippets are never executed automatically. Review the command, edit it if needed, and press ↩ yourself. Running things stays a human decision throughout OliTerm — the same rule applies to AI suggestions and inserted file paths.

Copy Command in the context menu puts the command on the clipboard instead.

Editing and deleting

Right-click a snippet for Edit… and Delete.

Warning Delete removes the snippet immediately — there is no confirmation and no undo.

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