How can I move through words when typing a command in iTerm2?
I finally found the solution to this problem here: https://coderwall.com/p/h6yfda. The necessary steps are shown below:


Go to Preferences, Profile, Keys.
Set your left ⌥ key to act as an escape character.
Locate the current shortcut for ⌥ ← or create a new one, with the following settings:

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥←
Action: Send Escape Sequence
Esc+: b

repeat for the ⌥→ keyboard shortcut with the following settings:

Keyboard Shortcut: ⌥→
Action: Send Escape Sequence
Esc+: f