fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder. Let’s install and make you 10 times more productive!
install fzf
# clone into ~/.fzf
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
# run install command
~/.fzf/install
output: answer “y” to enable auto-completion and key bindings
Cloning into '/home/naoko/.fzf'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 101, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (101/101), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (94/94), done.
remote: Total 101 (delta 4), reused 28 (delta 2), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (101/101), 180.78 KiB | 1.83 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4/4), done.
Downloading bin/fzf ...
- Found in $PATH
- Creating symlink: bin/fzf -> /usr/bin/fzf
- Checking fzf executable ... 0.20.0 != 0.21.1
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 637 100 637 0 0 1750 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1750
100 1127k 100 1127k 0 0 991k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 2597k
- Checking fzf executable ... 0.21.1
Do you want to enable fuzzy auto-completion? ([y]/n) y
Do you want to enable key bindings? ([y]/n) y
Generate /home/naoko/.fzf.bash ... OK
Generate /home/naoko/.fzf.zsh ... OK
Do you want to update your shell configuration files? ([y]/n) y
Update /home/naoko/.bashrc:
- [ -f ~/.fzf.bash ] && source ~/.fzf.bash
+ Added
Update /home/naoko/.zshrc:
- [ -f ~/.fzf.zsh ] && source ~/.fzf.zsh
+ Added
Finished. Restart your shell or reload config file.
source ~/.bashrc # bash
source ~/.zshrc # zsh
Use uninstall script to remove fzf.
For more information, see: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
Let’s play
Key Binidngs
- ctl + r: fuzzy find thorugh your command history
- ctl + t: fuzzy find through the current directory
** trigger command + tab
It understand context and list only relative stuff. eg:
- cd ** + tab
- ssh ** + tab
Cheers!