Fzf
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fzf is a tool that lets you fuzzy search lines piped to it on stdin.
Documentation
github https://github.com/junegunn/fzf man fzf
https://man.archlinux.org/man/community/fzf/fzf.1.en
Examples
result=$(find . | fzf +m) # interactively choose one result results=($(find . | fzf -m)) # interactively choose multiple results find . | fzf -q todo # interactively choose results, filtered in advance to those matching 'todo' find . | fzf --filter todo # print results fuzzy-matched to 'todo' on stdout
Usage
CLI Arguments
Search Modes
fzf \ -q $SEARCH `# search interactively for $SEARCH` \ -f $SEARCH `# print results for $SEARCH` `# if neither -q/-f, user types search interactively`Match Customization
fzf \ -m `# allow multiple-selections` \ +m `# disallow multiple-selections` \ -i `# case insensitive` \ -e `# exact-matches only (like 'foo)` \ --tiebreak=length,end `# choose between equally scoring matches`Query Syntax
foo # fuzzy-matches 'foo # exact-matches (rather than fuzzy) ^foo$ # anchored matches start/end !foo # results that don't match foo foo | bar # or 'foo bar # compound matchesKeybindings
Default Keybindings
up/down # go up/down entry tab # mark entry as selected (when multi-select active) enter # single-select and exit # type # search resultsYou can set your own keybindings as well
See AVAILABLE ACTIONS in man fzfexport FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='\ --bind \ ctrl-a:select-all,\ ctrl-d:deselect-all'
Extensions
fzf-tab (fzf-on-tabcomplete) https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
Configuration
fzf --color=light # change fzf theme to light