Questions tagged [fzf]
Use for questions specific to the command-line fuzzy finder, fzf : https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
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Fuzzy finding directories is slow
I have following bash script to find git repositories.
echo "$(fd -I -i -H -E '.local' -E '.cargo' -E '.password-store' -t d ^.git$ ~ -x 'echo' '{//}' | sk)"
fd pipes search results to sk (...
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select menu option from a file --shell scripting
I have A question regarding the menu in shell scripting. I created a menu in shell scripting. however, in one of the options, I have a list the user can select from but the list is big, so I want the ...
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fzf refuses to execute in bind option when selection is a path
This is the test script:
zapit()
{
find ~/ -type d | fzf --header='ENTER to select, ESC to abort' --bind='enter:execute(ls {})'
}
I had my own function call inside the execute bracket. But as the ...
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Access/copy contents of preview window of fzf
Is it possible access/copy the contents of the preview window of fzf?
For example this code creates a list consisting of the top ten lines of a few selected files:
find -type f | fzf --multi --preview=...
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is it possible to dump partially filtered fzf result in a file?
I often need all the text lines that fzf has suitably filtered. It allows me to scroll through the list. I can select only one of them ( or more by marking them individually). But I want them all (...
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How to add the expanded version of commands involving fzf to history?
Say I would like to edit a file ./long/path/to/my/file/test.py with Vim, but I do not remember the path to the file.
In this case, I would run vim `fzf` to use fuzzy search to find and edit the file.
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Is there a way to format what fzf displays without formatting its output?
I'm currently trying to write a script that takes a list of filenames with their absolute paths as input and feeds them to fzf. After making a selection, they are passed as command-line arguments etc. ...
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Understanding bind mapping to switch between emacs and vi modes
tl;dr
If I execute the following in bash, Ctrl+z seems to have no effect
bind -m vi-command '"\C-z": emacs-editing-mode'
bind -m vi-insert '"\C-z": emacs-editing-mode'
bind -m ...
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Cannot Display Bash Functions within FZF Preview Window
How do I get the FZF Preview Window to Display Functions from my Current Bash Environment?
I want to list my custom bash functions using FZF, and view the code of a selected function in the FZF ...
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Replicate backward search with fzf in zsh
I've been struggling to find a simple answer to this and it seems like it is not trivial to customise the default integration of fzf/zsh (would like to understand if I'm wrong here).
I am looking for ...
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get field from tree with fzf
I've tried something like this
tree -C | fzf --ansi | awk -F'|' '{print $NF}'
├── repo.git/
│ ├── folder/
│ │ ├── subfolder/
│ │ │ ├── output.0
│ │ │ └── traces.1
│ │ ├── ...
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Unable to get multicharacter field in fzf preview
_select () {
apt-cache search '' | fzf \
--prompt='search: '\
--marker="M" \
--ansi \
--layout=reverse \
--cycle \
--multi \
--inline-info \
--preview "...
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How to search for directory containing file
I just discovered fzf (fuzzy finder) and now want to achieve the following using fd (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd): From the current directory find immediate parent directories of all files that ...
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How do I exactly alias this one liner in bash?
bash alias doesn't like the quotes
dpkg-query -W -f '${Installed-Size;8}kb ${Package} ${Version} ${Status}\n' | sort -n | column -t | grep -Pv "(lib*)" | fzf
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How to cancel a zle function after triggering the bindkey?
Hope you're doing well.
I have the following in my .zshrc:
# 1. invoke zoxide to pick dir
# 2. open target dir in ranger
# 3. when exiting ranger, cd into last dir
zoxide_to_ranger () {
eval '...
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Cannot source file using find, fzf, and xargs
I am trying to use fzf to select and activate different virtual environments. However, I am receiving the follow error:
xargs: source: No such file or directory
My command comprises three parts: find |...
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zsh function with fzf selection requires Enter
I wrote a simple zsh function which allows me to select from the dirs-stack via fzf.
My .zshrc looks like
DIRSTACKSIZE='99'
setopt PUSHD_IGNORE_DUPS
# change to directory from the dirs stack
fzf-...
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fzf not using `$FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND`
I'm trying to get fzf to use rg --files as its command for searching, but can't seem to get it to use the $FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND environment variable, as described in the docs.
I use fish as my shell, ...
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Dynamically update fzf items
I am writing a script that searches the system for files and then for each file does some sanity checks, and if they pass those, I want to display them in fzf. When the item is clicked on in fzf, I ...
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How to I properly set the advanced FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND environment variable to get it working properly with ohmyz.sh with fzf plugin installed?
I'm new to z shell and ohmyz.sh.
I have the following in my zshrc to integrate fzf with rg. This is exactly how it appears in the fzf readme:
FZF_BASE=/usr/local/bin
DISABLE_FZF_AUTO_COMPLETION="...
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fzf: ctlr-r not triggering history search on command line
I've installed fzf on debian 11 (bullseye). When I type in ctrl-r to trigger a history search, nothing happens. Works fine on my mac. I'm using zsh.
UPDATE: tried adding bindkey '^r' fzf-history-...
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How to get a fuzzy xdg-open with fzf in zsh?
THE QUESTION
I've been trying to use fzf to bind a shortcut (preferebly Ctrl + o) to interactively search a file and pipe it to xdg-open in zsh. Many shortcuts are already part of the fzf utility, as ...
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Mapfile not removing trailing newline
Sample Data: Tab separated tsv file
a.1.58 fadado/CSV https://github.com/fadado/CSV
a.1.63 jehiah/json2csv https://github.com/jehiah/json2csv
a.1.80 stedolan/jq https://github.com/stedolan/jq/...
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How do I use FZF's keybinding in ZSH's vi mode?
After applying the command: set -o vi in ZSH, I can't get FZF keybinding works as before, ex ^CR for reverse history search.. How can I make this works again?
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How to have the results of an `fzf` selection enter my bash history?
FZF is a lovely tool, the main issue I have is that the commands I end up running with it don't end up in my bash history.
Let's say I do this
history | fzf
And I choose a command I ran recently, say ...
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How may I use regular expressions with fzf?
In vim for example, you search names like test1, test2 or test9 if you
press /\<test\d\>. I'd like to have this "feature" like finding filesnames
which have the word test<num> in ...
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Global shell varible resets on shell startup
I've tried using fzf, and I've done export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND as per the instructions. I set it to ag -g "". For the rest of the session, echo $FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND gives me ag -g "&...
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Local variables in zsh functions and their return code [duplicate]
Consider the following zsh function
function foobar() {
local foo=$(fzf) && echo "$foo-bar"
}
if instead of selecting one of the results of the fzf command I exit fzf without ...
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How can I launch fzf inside vim and open the selected file on a split window?
How can I launch fzf inside vim and open the selected file on a split window? I don't want to install any plugin.
I tried
:!a=$(ls | fzf) && vsplit $a
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How do I backup/restore fzf history?
A very simple question, where is the data stored related to fzf?
I'd like to copy my "fzf history" from one machine to another... Can't seem to find this mentioned anywhere.
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Using fzf in a zle key binding
I have the following function in my .zshrc
function foo() {
filename="$(fzf)"
}
zle -N foo
bindkey '^X' foo
now if I call foo by typing it, it works as expected, but if I call it via ...
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Making a simple app launcher with urxvt and fzf
I've been trying to cobble together a simple program launcher with a terminal and fzf to bind to a hotkey but I haven't been able to make the terminal window close once the program starts without ...
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How to execute command alias, saved as a string variable in a zsh function?
I have a function
fz(){file=$(find | fzf) && echo $file && read order && $("$order" "$file")}
in my .zshrz. It allows me to look up for a file anywhere in ...
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How to use fzf to search within all lines of files (ignore newlines)?
The fzf examples wiki page describes how fzf can be used to fuzzy search within the content all the files of a directory. But in the examples from the wiki page, e.g. with
ag --nobreak --nonumbers --...
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Passing a Directory to cd
I have a function, which I would hope would get me a fuzzy search on the latest directories I have been looking at and save me time, a simple 1 liner:
dirs | sed 'y/ /\n/' | fzf | xargs cd
2 hours ...
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How to use terminal as program runner with FZF
I have a thought. Can I use a terminal as program runner?
Instead of dmenu / rofi I was thinking to list all the programs with FZF, run the selection, and then close the terminal after it runs.
I ...
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List all directories in home folder with fd
I'm trying to write a shell function to rapidly cd into any directory in my home folder, using the fd and fzf programs.
This is what I have so far
function fdcd() {
cd "$(fd --type d --ignore-file ...
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Auto trigger history search in terminal using fzf (fuzzy finder)
Is it possible to trigger fzf history search automatically in zsh shell?
In this video, the user clicks "Ctrl+r" to start the history search and then starts typing. Is it possible to start the ...
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fzf: How to return "ID" / line numbers?
I have a set of lines (item + description) which I want to run through fzf -m. For example:
item1: Some description
item1: Another description
item2: Yet another description
After selection I would ...
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Launch default application for files with fzf
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 ...
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how to use fzf with bidirectional languages?
I am using a bash script to provide a search utlilty to locate and open files and directories.
here is the script:
#!/bin/bash
lxterminal -e "bicon.bin locate /home /run/media |fzf >| ~/....
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