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title: Key Bindings
manTitle: 3. KEY BINDINGS
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helpKeywords:
- keybindings
- bindings
- key-bindings
- keys
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The shell uses Vi key bindings (fish_vi_key_bindings). All custom bindings
are active in Insert, Normal, and Visual modes unless noted.

    Binding         Action
    ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    Ctrl+G          Insert the head of the previous command's last path
                    argument. Equivalent to !$:h in Bash.
                    Example: previous = "cd /usr/local/bin"
                             Ctrl+G inserts "/usr/local"

    Ctrl+F          Interactive history substitution. Type old/new then
                    press Ctrl+F to apply s/old/new/ to the previous
                    command. Equivalent to !!:s/old/new/ in Bash.
                    Example: previous = "echo this is a test"
                             type "this is/that was", press Ctrl+F
                             result = "echo that was a test"

    Ctrl+Alt+U      Strip the first token of the current command line,
                    leaving arguments in place with the cursor at the
                    start. Useful for quickly retyping the command.
                    Example: "mkdir new_folder" -> " new_folder"

    Ctrl+Alt+=      Evaluate the current command line buffer with
                    Qalculate! (qalc) and print the result inline.
                    Requires qalc to be installed.
                    Example: type "150 * 1.08", press Ctrl+Alt+=
                             prints 162

    Ctrl+Enter      Smart execute: runs commands instantly without
                    pressing Enter a second time for certain fast-path
                    commands (speedtest-fast, etc.).

    @@              FZF inline picker. Type @@ anywhere on the command
                    line to open an fzf picker and insert a selection
                    at the cursor position.

## FZF Bindings (bundled from PatrickF1/fzf.fish)

    Ctrl+R          Search command history
    Ctrl+Alt+F      Search git-tracked files
    Ctrl+Alt+L      Search git log
    Ctrl+Alt+S      Search git status
    Ctrl+V          Search shell variables
    Ctrl+Alt+P      Search running processes

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