[Bug]:

[kristof-mattei]

What did you expect to happen?

This one is layering on top of #3193.

I expect using --delete in any position to delete the entries.

What happened?

Adding --delete to a search query just prints out the current line invoked:

❮ atuin search --exclude-exit=0 --after 2026-02-16 --human "" --delete
2026-02-17 08:56:03     atuin search --exclude-exit=0 --after 2026-02-16 --human "" --delete    0s

❮ echo $status
0

❮ atuin search --exclude-exit=0 --after 2026-02-16 --human "" --delete
2026-02-17 08:56:05     atuin search --exclude-exit=0 --after 2026-02-16 --human "" --delete    0s

Notice change in timestamp on the ones with --delete.

❮ atuin search --delete --exclude-exit 0 "" --after 2026-02-16
deleting 018dcf3bffe1739dbcd9c0b33b68b05c
deleting 018dcf3bffe173799b8c7fd6f88599ee
deleting 018dcf3bfe587cea92815e49b7e4198d
deleting 01966367b0677dd2ba3246fee44631dc
deleting 01966367b0487693a2ce31fb617a4798
deleting 01966367b0487693a2ce2f6add4707bf
deleting 01966367b0487693a2ce2f539300a75e
deleting 01966367b0357c70809ae7a9771f6ba8
deleting 01966367b0357c70809ae632604c9eb8
deleting 019c6c597ced7742803a2d7f6109ac04
deleting 018e974a30da741fa11ef22d56f2f4aa

Reinvoking that constantly deletes a line:

❮ atuin search --delete --exclude-exit 0 "" --after 2026-02-16
deleting 019c6c59b8d67ef099528b268e18aa5a

❮ atuin search --delete --exclude-exit 0 "" --after 2026-02-16
deleting 019c6c59bc217233bddda3a3d4d35d00

❮ atuin search --delete --exclude-exit 0 "" --after 2026-02-16
deleting 019c6c59bedb7c70817a3a4b8f6d72f9

❮ atuin search --delete --exclude-exit 0 "" --after 2026-02-16
deleting 019c6c59c0ee7843aadc529ef684610b

❮ atuin search --delete --exclude-exit 0 "" --after 2026-02-16
deleting 019c6c59c3187430b8eeac53796ead91

Another example:

❯ i-do-not-exist
i-do-not-exist: command not found

❯ echo $status
127

❯ atuin search --exclude-exit 0 --after 2026-02-16 'do-not'
2026-02-17 09:08:09     i-do-not-exist  110ms
2026-02-17 09:08:20     atuin search --exclude-exit 0 --after 2026-02-16 'do-not'       0s

❯ atuin search --exclude-exit 0 --after 2026-02-16 'do-not' --delete
2026-02-17 09:08:29     atuin search --exclude-exit 0 --after 2026-02-16 'do-not' --delete      0s

❮ atuin search --exclude-exit 0 --after 2026-02-16 'do-not'
2026-02-17 09:08:09     i-do-not-exist  110ms
2026-02-17 09:08:32     atuin search --exclude-exit 0 --after 2026-02-16 'do-not'       0s

Atuin doctor output

❯ atuin doctor
Atuin Doctor
Checking for diagnostics


Please include the output below with any bug reports or issues

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.12.1",
    "commit": "",
    "sync": {
      "cloud": false,
      "records": true,
      "auto_sync": true,
      "last_sync": "2026-02-17 16:00:40.251917428 +00:00:00"
    },
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "fish",
    "default": "fish",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "built-in"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Ubuntu",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "version": "25.10",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/sdb1",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
        "filesystem": "vfat"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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