fzf
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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
zsh
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
fish
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
Examples
Search all nix packages
You can interactively search the list of available packages with:
nix-env -qa | fzf