This may be my favorite CLI tool ever

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FZF is my favorite tool for linux and unix systems. It has amazing features, its simple to use, and its fun! it works amazing and I think this is an essential tool for you to learn. This is a must have in your toolbox. You can fuzzily find anything on your machine, and you can also pipe output from other programs to FZF. it truly is amazing.

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@reaperfs2371 28 күн бұрын

Thanks, nerd

@subashpraveen 28 күн бұрын

well... in this side of internet its actually a compliment lol 😂

@adnope 24 күн бұрын

this is getting funnier and funnier lol

@catharsis7629 28 күн бұрын

You are one of the few devs who actually understands his tooling and is willing to take the time and effort required to properly learn them to make your workflow faster. More devs need to follow this mentality.

@thecallumarnold 28 күн бұрын

If you use the `--bind "enter:become(nvim {})"` flag then it will open the selected file(s) in nvim for you (without needing to prepend your command with `nivm ...`), which means that you can cancel out of the fzf finder without neovim from being entered. With the command listed, escaping fzf will still open nvim, which might not be what you want if you're trying to escape the search. For completeness, this is my alias. alias nf='fzf -m --preview="bat --color=always {}" --bind "enter:become(nvim {+})"'

@domjan3859 25 күн бұрын

I was having issues with your listed alias, it showed me STDIN where the bat preview should have been, probably a "me problem"... Anyways, I found a small fix for anyone encountering the same issue: alias nf='fzf -m --preview="bat --color=always {}" --bind "enter:become(nvim {})"' Difference is that fzf passes the file path to bat with the little '{}' after "bat --color=always ..."

@thecallumarnold 25 күн бұрын

@@domjan3859 Thanks for pointing that out - that was an issue on my end. I've edited my comment to make it clear it needs `{}` in both parts!

@FredMny 24 күн бұрын

Nice!! Thanks for this

@scottfollmer 23 күн бұрын

For some reason with this alias, selecting multiple files didn’t work for me and only the last file selected was actually passed to nvim

@thecallumarnold 2 күн бұрын

@@scottfollmer Good spot - I've edited the comment to add a `+` to the `enter...{+}` command that allows multiple files to be opened as separate bufferes

@adamkarafyllidis9264 28 күн бұрын

Also nice: 1. nvim Ctrl + t ( opens fzf. Of course works for any command ). 2. Ctrl + r opens shell command history

@Nitiiii11 27 күн бұрын

"Ctrl + r opens shell command history" Honestly I have no idea how anyone can use reverse-i-search after discovering this. 100x better on every level.

@debajyatidey9468 27 күн бұрын

Exactly always works like a charm

@keaneplayingmbae2852 27 күн бұрын

Never knew this w comment

@frydac 18 күн бұрын

ctrl-r with fzf is the main reason I install fzf on every pc I touch (if I'm allowed to of course)

@sledgex9 28 күн бұрын

For those of us stuck with bash (eg from git for windows) and don't have the zsh history autocomplete, fzf integrates with bash history. So hit CTRL+R and you'll be able to fuzzily find past commands you run. Very handy for me.

@tvntvn-b 27 күн бұрын

unalias does not remove the alias from your .zshrc, it only removes it from the environment of the current session. When you open a new terminal or source your zshrc, the alias will be added again.

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

yes that is correct. was just showing off the feature for FZF

@Kunal-k-u-m-a-r 28 күн бұрын

i used it before but learned new things today i hadn't figured out earlier

@errorcode778 27 күн бұрын

Amazing tool! I should start using it

@gand0rfTRZ 27 күн бұрын

Why do you keep giving us great weekend projects?? Thanks for showing us this. Now I can't wait to get home and install it.

@TheBecke1983 28 күн бұрын

Sweet, now i got my day planned. Don't know how I missed this program

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Some of the stuff fzf gives (like kill -9 **) was unknown to me as well, even though I've been using fzf for a WHILE

@TheBecke1983 28 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev Kind of feels like that when using Linux tbh, learning new things constantly :)

@anciao_dev 28 күн бұрын

Now, this is a really good trick!

@phortheman 28 күн бұрын

I use fzf every day for work. It’s probably the best CLI tool out there!

@claudioonoue2000 28 күн бұрын

0:42 The pacman frontend name almos killed me 🤣

@japadkman 28 күн бұрын

with fzf on my shell i can press ctrl+r then it will fuzzy find any commands on my bash history, i use it quite often

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

yup! thats one of the best. I've used it so often I actually forgot about it for this video. lol

@JonBrookes 28 күн бұрын

fzf is very nice as is your video and guide. Thanks. I picked up some very useful things I hadn't used. I also use cntrl r in bash and search history that way which is kind of similar but where fsf is not present

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

Yes FZF with history search is amazing I forgot to add it in this video!

@QWEEKEN73 28 күн бұрын

That kill command looks insanely useful. Giving fzf a try!

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Regarding kill, just make sure you take a look at this article so you use kill safely! learn.typecraft.dev/tutorial/kill-choices/

@_Holy_Lance_ 28 күн бұрын

Thank you, Chris.

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

@JakeLinux 27 күн бұрын

Fzf is one of my favorite tools, I have a few videos covering it on my channel. I made videos showing how I use it to make my menus, my app launcher, I even made a terminal file manager out of it. Great tool.

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

awesome!

@bpbrainiak 28 күн бұрын

thanks nerd, your video + coffee = great day

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

hell yeah, just made coffee myself!

@elnurbda 28 күн бұрын

i did not know i need it. thanks O_O

@paulhammond8583 28 күн бұрын

I didn’t know about the ** stuff. Cheers for that!

@apptimegr 27 күн бұрын

Your videos are awesome! 👌

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

You are awesome

@Kunal-k-u-m-a-r 28 күн бұрын

can you make a video on best cli development lang or framworks

@maybehawk5205 28 күн бұрын

Thanks, Nerd

@muslimgamerrr9479 27 күн бұрын

love the arch btw

@typecraft_dev 26 күн бұрын

haha

@muslimgamerrr9479 26 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev cant live without btw thx so much for this video i had no idea how fzf works

@QuOUseTERSEa 27 күн бұрын

I think people should only use fzf when you need multi selections or “fuzzy” search. When you know what you’re searching, it doesn’t make sense to use fzf, since it’s much faster to use fd, grep, glob, etc. It slow down your process and just add an interface that make u feel fast 😂

@ericlindell3777 28 күн бұрын

Great vid!

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@bhuvan1036 28 күн бұрын

Wait, how did you know i was searching for this...

@armaandhanji2112 28 күн бұрын

Amazing content. Subscribed!! By the way can you tell me where you got your desktop wallpaper from?

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

github.com/typecraft-dev/dotfiles/tree/master/backgrounds

@allenkim4776 25 күн бұрын

I was very appriciated for your neovim video. I want to use ftp-sync in neovim like vscode(sftp or ftp-simple), but I couldn't find out how to set for it. Please help us!

@channinghsu46 28 күн бұрын

Really enjoy every video of yours, thanks nerd!!

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Thank you, nerd!

@Ramilkos 28 күн бұрын

Instantly in love with how it works with shell history.

@timonjur 28 күн бұрын

I actually have to change my terminal to Alacritty at some point, since Warp does not support fzf at the moment

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

ah yes. warp kinda implements its own fuzzy find stuff.

@FranLegon 28 күн бұрын

Pretty cool

@kuijaye 28 күн бұрын

You can use nl instead cat to have the preview numbered

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Oohhhh

@bparker06 24 күн бұрын

or cat -n

@ludwig8841 28 күн бұрын

Quick tip for those who use fish shell ** will not work instead, just CTRL+T to get the same functionality you can find more information here github.com/junegunn/fzf?tab=readme-ov-file#fish-shell

@baky5372 28 күн бұрын

I've seen people use this but never knew what it was called. Thanks so much for the great video!

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Glad you liked the video!

@TheBearmoth 27 күн бұрын

Using it with a preview is new to me. Thanks for the awesome tip!

@typecraft_dev 26 күн бұрын

yeah, big part of the reason I made the video. that was new to me as well!

@samarth-kun 25 күн бұрын

Hello again 👋🏻 Where can I get that background wallpaper it's so calming 😸

@samuelgadiel 11 күн бұрын

"I use arch, btw" - 0:28

@LEBR27 28 күн бұрын

Thanks nerd!! One question: What if i dont wanna write the ** to completion, i just wanna press tab as always? how i can do this?

@m0r4ag 28 күн бұрын

Solo exporta esta variable de entorno: export FZF_COMPLETION_TRIGGER='' Lo probé antes de responder, no me pareció muy cómodo de usar

@LEBR27 28 күн бұрын

@@m0r4ag gracias voy a probar, quiero emular de manera "nativa" lo que hace fzf-tab-git qué se puede instalar desde aur, donde igual solo basta poner por ejemplo "cd " en vez de cd **

@dDesirie 27 күн бұрын

So is it like Raycast or Alfred but for CLI? This is pretty cool!

@benjaminschultz6501 19 күн бұрын

Take a shot every time he says, “Fuzzily findable.”

@danielwood4786 28 күн бұрын

Come on nerd. You missed the fzf history search. Ctrl+r in bash, probably something similar in Zsh

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

ah yeah, I've used that for so long I forgot to include it in the video!

@kmuju1158 28 күн бұрын

Are you using i3 in this video? If so, how did you get the bar at the top of the terminal?

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Nah used gnome just for presentation

@kmuju1158 28 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev Yeh that makes sense. Great video, need to look more into integrating fzf into my workflow. Have you looked at the tmux-sessionizer script by primeagen? Its a great script that uses fzf to open a folder in tmux. Had to change part of it to work for me but dont remember exactly what was wrong.

@Lorne_at_work 28 күн бұрын

fzf is awesome, but the latest stable version for Ubuntu is missing some of those cool features. I hope that changes soon. Or I guess I could always swap to Arch :D

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

another reason for arch!!! lol

@djbessel 27 күн бұрын

How do you feel about oh-my-zsh? Adding fzf means I just add it to my plugins list, instead of a list of actions cluttering my .zshrc for fzf, nvm, whatever.

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

That’s a great approach as well

@TheBendixSA 21 күн бұрын

I'm still learning so feel free to flame but isn't yay used for the arch user repo? what is meant by calling it a front end for pacman then which is used for the Arch package repo? aren't they kind different tools to get packages from different places? (I do now yay is installed from pacman)

@APerson-jf2md 18 күн бұрын

4:39 - that means you didn't checkout broot yet :)

@muhammedmaher6704 26 күн бұрын

You're the most efficient dev and KZfaq content creator I know! Keep it up man, you're awesome. 💪

@typecraft_dev 26 күн бұрын

awesome, will do!

@thoric01 28 күн бұрын

This tool is almost as awesome as you

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

awwwwwww

@chri-k 27 күн бұрын

alao make sure to use fd instead of find (it's like 6 times faster). fzf will automatically prefer fd if you have it installed

@ispyu1514 25 күн бұрын

Next one on yazi?? 👀

@itzaryaanyt2003 28 күн бұрын

Someone tell me how to ignore specific files and folder while searching through fzf and how to add some specific files and folder to show in fzf , thanks

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

Follow-up tutorial inbound!

@kevin.michaels 27 күн бұрын

Is it just me or did this video feel like it was going n 1.25x speed? Other than that, great vid :)

@tiagomello 27 күн бұрын

Which keyboard are you using?

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

Happy hacking keyboard type s

@BrentMalice 28 күн бұрын

lmao i went to ask for this yesterday but i got distracted. now its here. OPRAH WAS RIGHT IM MANIFESTING

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

I always thank oprah

@zukxxxx0 26 күн бұрын

Can you upload setting up nix package manager, home manager and nix profile with flakes guide🙌🙌🙌🙌

@typecraft_dev 26 күн бұрын

that is on the list. the looooonnng list :)

@LucasMahatokyRAMILISON 14 күн бұрын

Hi,My laptop is a bit old by it works, Does it make my laptop slower,?

@paultapping9510 28 күн бұрын

kill -9 ** is an incredible tip

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

right? I love it!

@ManpreetSingh-ox6hh 27 күн бұрын

which theme you are using??

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

catpuccin

@chrislee9344 20 күн бұрын

who needs all of that when you have `find`.

@bzboii 27 күн бұрын

what terminal emulator do you use

@obeyoutube 28 күн бұрын

bomb diggity ❤

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

boomshakalaka

@falwickster 28 күн бұрын

Preety cool

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

you are

@XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX 28 күн бұрын

I swear I've seen a fzf video from this channel before?

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

nope! this is the first one

@bojanstrkovski21 28 күн бұрын

it's could be part of a video i think it was one in the neovim series but awesome new comands to find things i've lost trough my pc yhanks nerd 😄

@Em0L0rd 28 күн бұрын

Only if I had a penny for every time typecraft talked about fzf...

@sarkedev 23 күн бұрын

0:34 it's not D-bien, it's Deb-Ian. It was created by Ian Murdock and named after his gf Debra (Deb for short, later ex-wife) and himself.

@typecraft_dev 23 күн бұрын

I always mess it up! Great explanation I didn’t know that

@imanav07 28 күн бұрын

someone can just use locate?

@juanmacias5922 28 күн бұрын

Laptop go Brrr

@berend109 28 күн бұрын

For me I probably prefer ranger.

@adriansrfr 27 күн бұрын

Yazi is better

@berend109 27 күн бұрын

@@adriansrfr I don’t know that tool, wil look at it tonight.

@ddthegr8 28 күн бұрын

linux for newbs 4 when

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

what would you like to see in linux for newbs 4? I want to know!

@emiliocanton1494 28 күн бұрын

Your vim and tmux configs for productivity

@ddthegr8 28 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev I'd love to see a full arch + i3 + neovim setup from scratch, maybe live

@sp10sn 28 күн бұрын

I don't lose stuff often enough for fuzzy find to be useful.

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

fair enough

@zokalyx 28 күн бұрын

chad dev

@ankushroy1729 28 күн бұрын

I use it to find old ffmpeg and one liner commands that might need some time and overhead.

@mathijswy 28 күн бұрын

Even if you don't lose the files, isn't it a very fast way of navigating the file tree regardless?

@glidersuzuki5572 28 күн бұрын

It's not just to find lost stuff. It's to find stuff faster. When you multiple files in different locations or deeply nested directories, fzf makes it way easy to find them

@sumirandahal76 27 күн бұрын

Why did u left arch ?

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

This video is recorded on arch

@sumirandahal76 26 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev in next video don't forgot to mention I use Arch , btw

@ispyu1514 28 күн бұрын

Day 4 of asking to make a video on how do you record and stream stuff on arch linux!

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

the answer: I don't!

@ispyu1514 28 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev then how?

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

@@ispyu1514 technically I can stream from arch pretty much out of box with OBS. But not all things are supported (like nvidia). So now I stream through a capture card on a PC

@ispyu1514 28 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev ohh but does ur obs on arch works with window capture or just screen capture?

@Krishtal3 28 күн бұрын

OMG

@mrlectus 23 күн бұрын

kill multiple program?

@bender2033 28 күн бұрын

tac is cat backwards.

@qandak 26 күн бұрын

Be careful using "cat" with huge files, it's not a pager!

@typecraft_dev 26 күн бұрын

Good call

@highlander576 28 күн бұрын

0:41 🏳‍🌈The gay package manager

@Macj707 25 күн бұрын

couldnt get my ** to work dunno what that is about

@LorenzoBettini 15 күн бұрын

Yay is an AUR helper, not a frontend for pacman

@timsuchan5977 9 күн бұрын

Great video but yay is an aur helper not a frontend to pacman

@shizeeque 28 күн бұрын

here's like #172 for pronouncing "Zee/Zed Shell correctly". It's not "zeesh". 👌

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

I think I say it both ways, lol. I'm sure I mis-pronounced "debian" in this video too haha. can't help it!

@agh0x01 28 күн бұрын

@6:55, why would you go straight to a `kill -9` - don't teach people bad habits! Use a normal kill (SIGTERM) first and give the process a chance to exit gracefully before reaching for the nuclear option.

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

Haha I guess I have that bad habit too. Oops!

@typecraft_dev 26 күн бұрын

For anyone reading this thread and want to know more, we cover this here learn.typecraft.dev/tutorial/kill-choices/

@agh0x01 25 күн бұрын

@@typecraft_dev thanks, nerd!

@leanghok120 28 күн бұрын

Those soydevs are missing out

@typecraft_dev 28 күн бұрын

I have soymilk in my coffee right now...... shit

@kirillfedtsov 27 күн бұрын

Who is learning Unix today?

@typecraft_dev 27 күн бұрын

@syrus3k 21 күн бұрын

fzf is useless.. in the video it's nice and quick, but I have ~ 100 github projects on my m1 mac, it takes over a minute to search for a simple term (after it's indexed everything). Sure I have 54 million files in the index but so what.. it's not that many?