fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.

Shell extensions

fzf provides additional key bindings (CTRL-T, CTRL-R, and ALT-C) for shells

First install fzf in your profile, then use one of the following methods:

bash

To enable fzf in bash add the following line to .bashrc

if command -v fzf-share >/dev/null; then
  source "$(fzf-share)/key-bindings.bash"
  source "$(fzf-share)/completion.bash"
fi

To enable fzf in zsh add the following line to .zshrc

if [ -n "${commands[fzf-share]}" ]; then
  source "$(fzf-share)/key-bindings.zsh"
  source "$(fzf-share)/completion.zsh"
fi

To enable fzf in fish, add the following to $HOME/.config/fish/functions/fish_user_key_bindings.fish

function fish_user_key_bindings
  if command -s fzf-share >/dev/null
    source (fzf-share)/key-bindings.fish
  end

  fzf_key_bindings
end

You can interactively search the list of available packages with:

nix-env -qa | fzf