iTerm2 has a 'Advanced Paste' dialog which allows you to escape special shell characters, among other things. You can invoke it with Opt-Cmd-V. I discovered thi

iTerm2 has a 'Advanced Paste' dialog which allows you to escape special shell characters, among other things. You can invoke it with Opt-Cmd-V. I discovered this feature a couple of days ago and wondered then under what circumstances it might be useful. Now I know.