ghostty_search.md

Note

Darwin specific, uses pbcopy and pbpaste, try xclip on GNU/Linux

Missing Ghostty terminal (https://ghostty.org) scroll buffer search by mapping CTRL-f to search in terminal.

Assuming you use bash (might work with zsh too)

• Put the following in ~/.bashrc to handle CTRL-f and invoke a script (helper)

# Ghostty does not offer scroll search
# Use CTRF-f to search via helper script
if [ -n "${GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR}" ]; then
    bind -x '"\C-f": "ghostty.search"'
fi

• CTRL-f key binding in Ghostty config in ~/.config/ghostty/config

keybind = unconsumed:ctrl+f=write_scrollback_file:copy

• Copy the helper script as ghostty.search such that is in your PATH (mine is in ~/bin)

#!/bin/sh
# Helper to open history in 'less' on CTRL-f
#
# Symlink this script to somewhere in your PATH
# Ghostty config: keybind = unconsumed:ctrl+f=write_scrollback_file:copy
# Add in ~/.bashrc: bind -x '"\C-f": "ghostty.search"'

history=$(pbpaste)
echo | pbcopy

if [ -s "${history}" ]; then
    trap "rm \"${history}\"" EXIT
    less -+F "${history}"
fi