FZF

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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

Check this out too

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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

~/.zshrc

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

~/.zshrc

export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND="fd --type f"

Repeat all the above steps as Root

IMPORTANT

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

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Shortcuts

Shorcuts’ Meaning

Key	Meaning
C	Control	C-c → Control+c
M	Alt	M-a → Alt+a
S	Shift	S-o → Shift+o
Super	Windows	Super-s → Windows+s
Return	Enter	C-S-Return → Control+Shift+Enter
-	+	C-z → Control+z
{a,b,c,d}	a b c d	C-{a,b,c,d} → C-a C-b C-c C-d

Reverse History

Action	Shortcut
Toogle	C-r
Up/Down	C-k C-j C-p C-n
Select Item	Return
Exit	C-g C-c Esc
Mark Items Backward/Forward (Multiselect Mode)	TAB S-TAB

Others

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

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Integration

FZF supports integrations with some Tools and Functionalities such as →

Nvim/Vim/Vi

$ nvim $( fzf )

Bat/Cat

$ bat $( fzf )