Atuin keybindings

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TL;DR

Open Atuin search (often bound to Ctrl+R) and navigate results with Ctrl+N/Ctrl+P.

Use Enter to run immediately, or Tab to edit the command before execution.

Use Ctrl+R/Ctrl+S to cycle filter/search modes.

Atuin replaces your shell history with a SQLite database and provides a full-screen interactive search UI. These are the keyboard shortcuts available within Atuin's search interface.

Item	Description
`Enter`	Execute the selected command immediately
`Tab`	Select item and return to shell for editing before execution
`Ctrl+R`	Cycle through filter modes
`Ctrl+S`	Cycle through search modes
`Alt+1` to `Alt+9`	Select item by its displayed number
`Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+D` / `Ctrl+G` / `Esc`	Exit search and return to shell
`Ctrl+Y`	Copy selected item to clipboard
`Ctrl+Left` / `Alt+B`	Move cursor to previous word
`Ctrl+Right` / `Alt+F`	Move cursor to next word
`Ctrl+B` / `Left`	Move cursor one character left
`Ctrl+F` / `Right`	Move cursor one character right
`Ctrl+A` / `Home`	Move cursor to beginning of line
`Ctrl+E` / `End`	Move cursor to end of line
`Ctrl+W`	Delete word before cursor
`Ctrl+U`	Clear entire line
`Ctrl+Backspace`	Delete previous word
`Ctrl+Delete`	Delete next word
`Ctrl+N` / `Ctrl+J` / `Up`	Navigate to next item in results
`Ctrl+P` / `Ctrl+K` / `Down`	Navigate to previous item in results
`Ctrl+O`	Open inspector for selected item
`Page Up` / `Page Down`	Scroll through results page by page

macOS users: See Keyboard modifiers by platform for key mappings and terminal configuration.