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
First install fzf
in your profile, then use one of the following methods:
bash
To enable fzf in bash add the following line to .bashrc
eval "$(fzf --bash)"
zsh
To enable fzf in zsh add the following line to .zshrc
eval "$(fzf --zsh)"
fish
To enable fzf in fish, add the following 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