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:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

228 mentions on Hacker News by 209 people: 29 stories, 199 comments · first 2013-11-05 · latest 2026-10-19

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  1. Fzf ( https://github.com/junegunn/fzf ) kind of does what you want. If you type svn commit ./path/to/<Star><Star><tab> It launches a fuzzy Finder (within the terminal) that you can use to recursively search through `to`. You can use the…
    comment by sullyj3 · 2016-11-12 · in You Don't Need
  2. …vim-tbone [3] and some custom bindings from @junegunn. [1] https://github.com/atweiden/dotfiles [2] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf [3] https://github.com/tpope/vim-tbone
    comment by atweiden · 2016-11-08 · in Benefits of using tmux – streamlining your development environment
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    Fzf: A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by fernandotakai · 2016-10-15 · 0 comments
  4. Do you use Ctrl+R a lot? You should give fzf a try: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It works for both Vim & Bash.
    comment by ashayh · 2016-09-13 · in Advancing in the Bash Shell
  5. fzf [0] works pretty well for this. [0] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by igg · 2016-09-13 · in Advancing in the Bash Shell
  6. …-u +%Y-%m-%d.%H.%M.%S)_${HOSTNAME_SHORT}_$$"; export HISTFILE [1] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf [2] https://sift-tool.org/ [3] __fzf_history__() { sift --no-color -e "^[^#]" --files " _${HOSTNAME_SHORT}_ " -N --no-filename
    comment by howeyc · 2016-05-31 · in How and Why to Log Your Bash History
  7. Extremely faster than ctrlp. And I think it's easier to use than fzf ( https://github.com/junegunn/fzf ) for now on Vim. It is/can: * Written in Python. * Support for fuzzy and regex searching. * Manage buffers and mrus. * Open multiple…
    comment by cherrot · 2016-03-02 · in LeaderF: vim plugin to quickly locate files, buffers, mrus in large projects
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    Fzf: A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by xiaq · 2016-01-28 · 0 comments
  9. …fuzzy searching open buffers or tabs. [1]: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easier_buffer_switching [2]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by leppr · 2016-01-10 · in Show HN: Fuzzy finder for Chrome tabs and windows
  10. …how well it would scale to your use case but it supports pattern and regexp based searching. [1]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by zehemer · 2015-11-26 · in Ask HN: How to (instantly) search by filename in Linux?
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    Fzf – A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by rashkov · 2015-11-24 · 0 comments
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    Fzf – A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by yankcrime · 2015-11-11 · 0 comments
  13. A Multi-platform terminal alternative is fzf. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf I don't think it caches though.
    comment by ViViDboarder · 2015-11-01 · in Show HN: Picka – Fuzzy File Finder for OS X, Bash and Zsh
  14. I use fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf combined with bash and zsh for doing some fuzzy completion of history when pressing CTRL-R. Also opens the list in a tmux pane if it's installed. Plus, it's very useful in Vim for opening files in…
    comment by steeef · 2015-09-03 · in “I have [bash] history back to ~2003”
  15. Also have a look at fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by aaren · 2015-09-03 · in “I have [bash] history back to ~2003”
  16. …something nicer than the standard ctrl-r to search it with. [fzf] is ctrl-r on steroids. [fzf]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It's a fuzzy pattern matcher for your shell history (and lots more).
    comment by aaren · 2015-09-03 · in “I have [bash] history back to ~2003”
  17. …it treats files within Git repositories, but other than that I tell what the differences are. [1]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by z1mm32m4n · 2015-07-24 · in Show HN: Quick Command-line File Completion
  18. …only an issue when opening a new file so it doesn't cause work to be lost. A github issue about it https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/issues/206
    comment by UberMouse · 2015-07-17 · in Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input
  19. Looks similar to fzf[1], which is also written in Go. [1]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by schmooser · 2015-07-12 · in Show HN: Happyfinder – A fuzzy file finder like Helm, for the command line
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    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by weitzj · 2015-05-09 · 0 comments
  21. I use fzf[0] for similar purposes. [0] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by michaelmior · 2015-05-07 · in Facebook PathPicker
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    FZF: a command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by tambourine_man · 2015-03-27 · 0 comments
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    Command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    story by junegunn · 2015-01-29 · 0 comments
  24. This could change your life: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It's a fuzzy searcher for Ctrl-r that shows all possible results, updating as you type.
    comment by aaren · 2015-01-08 · in Sed – An Introduction and Tutorial
  25. fzf [1] is another nice alternative to this. [1] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by kroeber · 2014-06-14 · in Percol: An interactive grep tool in your terminal
  26. fzf completely replaces z, and is ridiculously fast. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
    comment by justinmk · 2014-02-17 · in Less Commonly Used Unix Commands
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    Fzf: Fuzzy finder for your shell
    story by justinmk · 2013-12-07 · 1 comment
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    Fuzzy finder for your shell
    story by junegunn · 2013-11-05 · 0 comments