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fzf - Fuzzy finder for your shell
fzf is a general-purpose fuzzy finder for your shell.
It was heavily inspired by ctrlp.vim and the likes.
Requirements
fzf requires Ruby (>= 1.8.5).
Installation
Download fzf executable and put it somewhere in your search $PATH.
mkdir -p ~/bin
wget https://raw.github.com/junegunn/fzf/master/fzf -O ~/bin/fzf
chmod +x ~/bin/fzf
Or you can just clone this repository and run install script.
git clone https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git
fzf/install
Make sure that ~/bin is included in $PATH.
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
Install as Ruby gem
fzf can be installed as a Ruby gem
gem install fzf
However, this is not recommended since the Ruby gem version of fzf takes slightly longer to start.
Install as Vim plugin
fzf was not designed to be a Vim plugin, but you can use it as one. The only reason one might consider using fzf in Vim is its speed. For a very large list of files, fzf is significantly faster than native Vim plugins.
You can use any Vim plugin manager to install fzf as a Vim plugin. If you don't use one, I recommend you try vim-plug.
-
Edit your .vimrc
call plug#begin() Plug 'junegunn/fzf' " ... call plug#end()
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Run
:PlugInstall
Usage
usage: fzf [options]
-s, --sort=MAX Maximum number of matched items to sort. Default: 500
+s, --no-sort Keep the sequence unchanged.
+i Case-sensitive match
fzf will launch curses-based finder, read the list from STDIN, and write the selected item to STDOUT.
find * -type f | fzf > selected
Without STDIN pipe, fzf will use find command to fetch the list of files (excluding hidden ones).
vim `fzf`
If you want to preserve the exact sequence of the input, provide --no-sort
(or
+s
) option.
history | fzf +s
Key binding
Use CTRL-J and CTRL-K (or CTRL-N and CTRL-P) to change the selection, press enter key to select the item. CTRL-C will terminate the finder.
The following readline key bindings should also work as expected.
- CTRL-A / CTRL-E
- CTRL-B / CTRL-F
- CTRL-W / CTRL-U
Usage as Vim plugin
If you install fzf as a Vim plugin, :FZF
command will be added.
:FZF
:FZF --no-sort
You can override the command which produces input to fzf.
let g:fzf_command = 'find . -type f'
Useful bash examples
# vimf - Open selected file in Vim
vimf() {
FILE=`fzf` && vim "$FILE"
}
# fd - cd to selected directory
fd() {
DIR=`find ${1:-*} -path '*/\.*' -prune -o -type d -print 2> /dev/null | fzf` && cd "$DIR"
}
# fda - including hidden directories
fda() {
DIR=`find ${1:-*} -type d 2> /dev/null | fzf` && cd "$DIR"
}
# fh - repeat history
fh() {
eval $(history | fzf +s | sed 's/ *[0-9]* *//')
}
# fkill - kill process
fkill() {
ps -ef | sed 1d | fzf | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -${1:-9}
}
# CTRL-T - Open fuzzy finder and paste the selected item to the command line
bind '"\er": redraw-current-line'
bind '"\C-t": " \C-u \C-a\C-k$(fzf)\e\C-e\C-y\C-a\C-y\ey\C-h\C-e\er"'
License
MIT
Author
Junegunn Choi