Latest revision as of 09:27, 19 December 2024

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

With Home-manager

There is option to enable fzf bash integration

programs.fzf.enableBashIntegration = true;

Without Home-manager

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

eval "$(fzf --bash)"

Zsh

You can enable fzf in zsh.

With Home-manager

There is option to enable fzf zsh integration

programs.fzf.enableZshIntegration = true;

Without Home-manager

To enable fzf in bash add the following line to $HOME/.zshrc

eval "$(fzf --zsh)"

Fish

To enable fzf in fish.

With Home-manager

There is option to enable fzf fish integration

programs.fzf.enableFishIntegration = true;

Without Home-Manager

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

fzf --fish | source

Examples

Search all nix packages

You can interactively search the list of available packages with:

nix-env -qa | fzf

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 First install <code>fzf</code> in your profile, then use one of the following methods:
-== bash ==
+== Bash ==
-To enable fzf in bash add the following line to .bashrc
+=== With Home-manager ===
+There is option to enable fzf bash integration
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+programs.fzf.enableBashIntegration = true;
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Without Home-manager ===
+To enable fzf in bash add the following line to <code>$HOME/.bashrc</code>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">eval "$(fzf --bash)"</syntaxhighlight>
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">if command -v fzf-share >/dev/null; then
+== Zsh ==
-  source "$(fzf-share)/key-bindings.bash"
+You can enable fzf in [[zsh]].
-fi</syntaxhighlight>
+=== With Home-manager ===
+There is option to enable fzf zsh integration
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+programs.fzf.enableZshIntegration = true;
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Without Home-manager ===
+To enable fzf in bash add the following line to
+<code>$HOME/.zshrc</code>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+eval "$(fzf --zsh)"
+</syntaxhighlight>
-== zsh ==
+== Fish ==
-To enable fzf in zsh add the following line to .zshrc
+To enable fzf in [[fish]].
+=== With Home-manager ===
+There is option to enable fzf fish integration
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+programs.fzf.enableFishIntegration = true;
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Without Home-Manager ===
+To enable fzf in fish add the following line to <code>$HOME/.config/fish/functions/fish_user_key_bindings.fish</code>
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="fish">
-if [ -n "${commands[fzf-share]}" ]; then
+fzf --fish | source
-  source "$(fzf-share)/key-bindings.zsh"
-fi
 </syntaxhighlight>
-== fish ==
+= Examples =
-To enable fzf in zsh, add the following to $HOME/.config/fish/functions/fish_user_key_bindings.fish
-<syntaxhighlight lang="fish">
+== Search all nix packages ==
-function fish_user_key_bindings
-  if command -s fzf-share >/dev/null
+You can interactively search the list of available packages with:
-    source (fzf-share)/key-bindings.fish
-  end
-  fzf_key_bindings
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-end
+nix-env -qa | fzf
 </syntaxhighlight>
+[[Category:Applications]]
+[[Category:Shell]]