Latest revision as of 14:29, 19 July 2026

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 an 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 an option to enable fzf zsh integration:

programs.fzf.enableZshIntegration = true;

Without Home-manager

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

eval "$(fzf --zsh)"

Fish

To enable fzf in fish.

With Home-manager

There is an 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

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:fzf}}
 [https://github.com/junegunn/fzf 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
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 == Bash ==
+=== With Home-manager ===
+There is an 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>
+== Zsh ==
+You can enable fzf in [[zsh]].
+=== With Home-manager ===
+There is an option to enable fzf zsh integration:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+programs.fzf.enableZshIntegration = true;
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Without Home-manager ===
+To enable fzf in zsh add the following line to <code>$HOME/.zshrc</code>:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+eval "$(fzf --zsh)"
+</syntaxhighlight>
+== Fish ==
+To enable fzf in [[fish]].
+=== With Home-manager ===
+There is an 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>$HOME/.config/fish/functions/fish_user_key_bindings.fish</code>:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="fish">
+fzf --fish | source
+</syntaxhighlight>
-To enable fzf in bash add the following line to .bashrc
+= Examples =
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">if command -v fzf-share >/dev/null; then
+== Search all nix packages ==
-  source "$(fzf-share)/key-bindings.bash"
-fi</syntaxhighlight>
-== ZSH ==
-To enable fzf in zsh add the following line to .zshrc
+You can interactively search the list of available packages with:
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-if [ -n "${commands[fzf-share]}" ]; then
+$ nix-env -qa | fzf
-  source "$(fzf-share)/key-bindings.zsh"
-fi
 </syntaxhighlight>
+[[Category:Applications]]
+[[Category:Shell]]