# [[Bash Tips]] _Created: 2025-06-24_ | #scripting/bash | [[Bash]] ## Fixing terminal settings messing with forward search `Ctrl-r` starts incremental backwards search in history. `Ctrl-s` is supposed to search forward (say you went back too far and want to reach a result you missed). However, most terminals use `Ctrl-s` for _XON/XOFF flow control_. The solution is to run `stty -ixon` in the terminal. While it is best to add that to the bash profile, it may throw an error message in non-interactive logins to the machine, e.g. with ssh. [The foolproof way](https://stackoverflow.com/a/25391867/390514) is to check for interactivity and only then run `stty`. ```bash [[ $- == *i* ]] && stty -ixon ```