ctrlp.vim

Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru and tag finder for Vim.

• Written in pure Vimscript for MacVim and Vim 7.0+.
• Full support for Vim’s regexp as search pattern.
• Built-in Most Recently Used (MRU) files monitoring.
• Built-in project’s root finder.
• Open multiple files at once.
• Create new files and directories.
• Extensible.

Basic Usage

• Press <c-p> or run :CtrlP [dir] to invoke CtrlP in find file mode.
• Run :CtrlPBuffer or :CtrlPMRU to invoke CtrlP in buffer or MRU mode.
• Run :CtrlPMixed to search in a mix of files, buffers and MRU files.

Once CtrlP is open:

• Press <c-f> and <c-b> to cycle between modes.
• Press <c-d> to switch to filename only search instead of full path.
• Press <c-r> to switch to regexp mode.
• Press <F5> to purge the cache for the current directory and get new files.
• End the input string with a colon : followed by a command to execute it after opening the file:
  Use :45 to jump to line 45.
  Use :/any\:string to jump to the first instance of any:string.
  Use :difft when opening multiple files to run :difft on the first 4 files.
• Submit two or more dots . as the input string to go backward the directory tree by one or multiple levels.
• Use <c-y> to create a new file and its parent dirs.
• Use <c-z> to mark/unmark multiple files and <c-o> to open them.

Basic Options

• Change the mapping to invoke CtrlP:

  let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>'
  

• When invoked, unless a starting directory is specified, CtrlP will automatically set its local working directory according to this variable:

  let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 2
  

  0 - don’t manage working directory.
  1 - the directory of the current file.
  2 - the nearest ancestor that contains one of these directories or files: .git/ .hg/ .svn/ .bzr/ _darcs/

• To exclude files or directories from the search, use the Vim’s option wildignore and/or the option g:ctrlp_custom_ignore:

  set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip  " MacOSX/Linux
  set wildignore+=tmp\*,*.swp,*.zip,*.exe   " Windows
  
  let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\.git$\|\.hg$\|\.svn$'
  let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = {
    \ 'dir':  '\.git$\|\.hg$\|\.svn$',
    \ 'file': '\.exe$\|\.so$\|\.dll$',
    \ 'link': 'some_bad_symbolic_links',
    \ }
  

• Use a custom file listing command:

  let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'find %s -type f'        " MacOSX/Linux
  let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'dir %s /-n /b /s /a-d'  " Windows
  

• Define an external matcher:

  let g:ctrlp_match_func = {}
  

Check the docs for more mappings, commands and options.