Launch default application for files with fzf

Question

fzf has some keybindings of which some are listed below as examples:

• Alt-C : cd into the selected directory
• Ctrl-T : select a file

I want to add a keybiding so that I can launch the selected file with fzf, maybe using xdg-open or mimeopen.

Answer 1

Add this to your .bashrc:

bind -x '"\C-o": file="$(fzf --height 40% --reverse)" && [ -f "$file" ] && xdg-open "$file"'

Restart your terminal, or run source .bashrc. Now you can use Ctrl+o to open files directly with preferred application.