Keyboard shortcuts

TUI only

These shortcuts apply inside the Obsidian CLI TUI. They follow standard readline conventions, so most muscle memory from bash, zsh, and other Unix shells works here.

These shortcuts are available in the TUI.

Action	Shortcut
Move cursor left	`←` / `Ctrl+B`
Move cursor right (accepts suggestion at end of line)	`→` / `Ctrl+F`
Jump to start of line	`Ctrl+A`
Jump to end of line	`Ctrl+E`
Move back one word	`Alt+B`
Move forward one word	`Alt+F`

Editing

Action	Shortcut
Delete to start of line	`Ctrl+U`
Delete to end of line	`Ctrl+K`
Delete previous word	`Ctrl+W` / `Alt+Backspace`

Autocomplete

Action	Shortcut
Enter suggestion mode / accept selected suggestion	`Tab`
Exit suggestion mode	`Shift+Tab`
Enter suggestion mode (from fresh input)	`↓`
Accept first/selected suggestion (at end of line)	`→`

History

Action	Shortcut
Previous history entry / navigate suggestions up	`↑` / `Ctrl+P`
Next history entry / navigate suggestions down	`↓` / `Ctrl+N`
Reverse history search (type to filter, `Ctrl+R` to cycle)	`Ctrl+R`

Other

Action	Shortcut
Execute command or accept suggestion	`Enter`
Undo autocomplete / exit suggestion mode / clear input	`Escape`
Clear screen	`Ctrl+L`
Exit	`Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+D`