====== inputrc (Readline) ======

**File:** ''~/.inputrc''

Readline configuration — applies to bash and any other program using the GNU Readline library.

===== Completion =====

<code>
set show-all-if-ambiguous on     # show completions without needing Tab twice
set completion-ignore-case on    # case-insensitive completion
set completion-map-case on       # treat - and _ as equivalent
set colored-stats on             # colour-code completion types
set colored-completion-prefix on
set visible-stats on             # show file type indicators
set mark-symlinked-directories on
</code>

===== History Navigation =====

Up/down arrows search history by the prefix already typed:

<code>
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
</code>

===== Tab Behaviour =====

Tab cycles through completions (menu-complete); Shift-Tab goes backward:

<code>
TAB: menu-complete
"\e[Z": menu-complete-backward
</code>

===== Key Reference =====

^ Binding ^ Action ^
| ''Ctrl-A'' | Beginning of line |
| ''Ctrl-E'' | End of line |
| ''Ctrl-K'' | Kill to end of line |
| ''Ctrl-U'' | Kill to beginning of line |
| ''Ctrl-Y'' | Yank (paste) |
| ''Ctrl-R'' | Reverse history search |
| ''Ctrl-L'' | Clear screen |
| ''Ctrl-T'' | Transpose characters |
| ''Ctrl-W'' | Kill word backward |
| ''Ctrl-Left/Right'' | Move by word |
| ''Alt-U'' | Uppercase word |
| ''Alt-L'' | Lowercase word |
| ''Alt-C'' | Capitalize word |

===== See Also =====
  * [[terminal:shell:start|Terminal Shell Index]]

  * [[terminal:shell:bashrc|bashrc and bash_aliases]]
  * [[terminal:shell:dotfiles|Dotfiles index]]
  * [[terminal:start|Return to terminal]]