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ctrlp.vim

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

• Written in pure Vimscript for MacVim, gVim and Vim 7.0+.
• Full support for Vim's regexp as search patterns.
• 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.

Installation

Use your favorite method or check the homepage for a quick installation guide.

Basic Usage

• Run :CtrlP or :CtrlP [starting-directory] 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.

More at :help ctrlp-commands and :help ctrlp-extensions.

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.
• Use <c-n>, <c-p> to select the next/previous string in the prompt's history.
• Use <c-y> to create a new file and its parent directories.
• Use <c-z> to mark/unmark multiple files and <c-o> to open them.

More at :help ctrlp-mappings.

• Submit two or more dots .. to go up the directory tree by one or multiple levels.
• End the input string with a colon : followed by a command to execute it on the opening file(s):
  Use :45 to jump to line 45.
  Use :/any\:\ string to jump to the first instance of any: string.
  Use :diffthis when opening multiple files to run :diffthis on the first 4 files.

Basic Options

• When invoked, unless a starting directory is specified, CtrlP will 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

  Define additional root markers with the g:ctrlp_root_markers option.

• Exclude files and directories using Vim's wildignore or CtrlP's own g:ctrlp_custom_ignore option:

  set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip  " MacOSX/Linux
  set wildignore+=tmp\*,*.swp,*.zip,*.exe   " Windows
  
  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
  

More at :help ctrlp-options.