FZF

PRIMARY CATEGORY → SETUP

FZF → A General-Purpose Command-Line Fuzzy Finder 🔎

It is an interactive Text Filter program for any kind of list such as →

• Files

• Command History → C-R

• System Processes → Tab

• SSH Connections → Tab

References 🛈

Github Repository

FZF Documentation

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Keybinds

Reverse History

Action	Shortcut
Toogle	C-r
Up/Down	C-k/C-j or C-p/C-n
Select Item	Enter
Exit	C-g/C-c/Esc
Multiselect Mode - Mark Items	TAB/S-TAB

Others

Action	Shortcut
File Selection	C-t
cd-like Movement	M-c
Autocomplete	** + TAB

Installation

Reference

Clone the Github Repository and run the Install Script as follows →

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf

~/.fzf/install

That’s it!

$ command -V fzf
fzf is /home/al3xbb/.fzf/bin/fzf

To enable some handy features of FZF, add the following lines in the .zshrc file →

File Preview with BAT

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="--height 40% --border --preview 'bat --color=always {} 2> /dev/null'"

The above one modifies the FZF’s Display Format and enables File Preview Mode with BAT

FD instead of Find

export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND="fd --type f"

IMPORTANT

Note that the above actions require Bat and FD to be installed in the system

Integration

FZF supports integrations with some Tools and Functionalities such as →

Nvim/Vim/Vi

$ nvim $( fzf )

Bat/Cat

$ bat $( fzf )