How to make alt key predefined searches work?

[peterbollen]

Hi,

I can't figure out how make the alt key predefined searches work on my mac.

After echo-ing an ip in the terminal,
pressing prefix + alt-i does not seem to trigger a search.

Fyi, ctrl key predefined searches are working.

Any tips?

[bennyty]

OSX maps alt-i to the ˆ character (MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT). In order to use the alt modifier you want the terminal to interpret alt as the "meta" modifier. iTerm2 and Terminal both have options for this. http://superuser.com/questions/496090/how-to-use-alt-commands-in-a-terminal-on-os-x

[peterbollen]

Thanks @bennyty , works as a charm!