# By default up/down are bound to previous-history  
# and next-history respectively. The following does the  
# same but gives the extra functionality where if you  
# type any text (or more accurately, if there is any text  
# between the start of the line and the cursor),  
# the subset of the history starting with that text  
# is searched (like 4dos for e.g.).  
# Note to get rid of a line just Ctrl-C  
"\e[B": history-search-forward  
"\e[A": history-search-backward  
  
$if Bash  
  # F10 toggles mc on and off  
  # Note Ctrl-o toggles panes on and off in mc  
  "\e[21~": "mc\C-M"  
  
  #do history expansion when space entered  
  Space: magic-space  
$endif  
  
# Include system wide settings which are ignored  
# by default if one has their own .inputrc  
$include /etc/inputrc 

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Inputrc for bash history completion using up/down arrows

# By default up/down are bound to previous-history  
# and next-history respectively. The following does the  
# same but gives the extra functionality where if you  
# type any text (or more accurately, if there is any text  
# between the start of the line and the cursor),  
# the subset of the history starting with that text  
# is searched (like 4dos for e.g.).  
# Note to get rid of a line just Ctrl-C  
"\e[B": history-search-forward  
"\e[A": history-search-backward  
  
$if Bash  
  # F10 toggles mc on and off  
  # Note Ctrl-o toggles panes on and off in mc  
  "\e[21~": "mc\C-M"  
  
  #do history expansion when space entered  
  Space: magic-space  
$endif  
  
# Include system wide settings which are ignored  
# by default if one has their own .inputrc  
$include /etc/inputrc 

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