logix2 / fzfx

fzfX delivers the power of finding, previewing, editing and managing any file in few key strokes.

fzfX

fzfX multiplies the power of fzf by providing zero-configuration battle-tested applications to common use cases of fzf. It delivers the power of finding, previewing, editing and managing any file in few key strokes.

• Features
  • Find files anywhere
  • Find anything
  • Dynamically find a string inside files
  • Change directory
  • Manage processes
  • Find files with special cases
• Setup
• Configure

Features

• default: find any file
• hidden: include hidden files
• full: fulltext, files containing string
• md: markdown notes
• pdf: pdf, ps and eps files
• pic: pictures
• av: audio and video
• cd: change directory
• ps: manage processes

It is agnostic and does not require a specific terminal emulator, desktop environment or text editor. It will make use of improved utils that are becoming standard at Linux desktop environments, like rg, fd, bat, rga, grc and many others. But it will sensibly fallback to their classic UNIX counterparts like grep, cat and ls when they are not available.

Find files anywhere

$ fzfx

Find anything

fzfx hidden

By default hidden files, cache/vendor directories like node_modules (see /usr/share/fzfx/ignore) are ignored and .gitignore files inside directories are followed.

Dynamically find a string inside files

$ fzfx full

Note: Supports regular expressions.

Change directory

$ fzfx cd

To change dir with ENTER create an alias:

alias fcd='cd "$(fzfx cd)"'

Note: Needed because a child shell can't act on its parent.

Manage processes

$ fzfx ps

Find files with special cases

# markdown notes
$ fzfx md

# pdf, ps and eps
fzfx pdf

# pictures
fzfx pic

# audio and videos
fzfx av

Setup

Install through the AUR

Or install as user

$ ./setup install

Configure

Edit $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fzfx/config

• Set root="$HOME" to search all your files from anywhere.
• Set editor to override the editor used by fzfx.
• Set ignoreFile to override the default ignore file (.gitignore style).
• Set defaultPreview, pdfView, avView, picView to whatever you prefer.

Note: All configurations are optional.