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fuzzy-ls
fuzzy-ls
is a cross-platform command line utility that extends the functionality of the popular ls
command along with a GUI by enabling fuzzy searching, regex pattern matching, exact matches, and more. It allows you to focus your search on specific file extensions or exclude certain extensions from the search space.
Here is an example of a search. Exact matches are highlighted by green on terminal and fuzzy matches with blue like this:
Features
- Fuzzy Searching: Perform fuzzy searches to find files that approximately match your query.
- Regex Pattern Matching: Use regular expressions to search for files.
- Exact Matches: Search for files that exactly match your query.
- Focus on Extensions: Limit your search to specific file extensions.
- Exclude Extensions: Exclude files with certain extensions from your search.
- GUI: Get clear view of the search results in a terminal GUI.
Fuzzy Searching Algorithm
Currently, the tool uses the Damerau-Levenshtein algorithm for fuzzy searching. The Damerau-Levenshtein algorithm calculates the minimum number of operations (insertions, deletions, substitutions, and transpositions) required to transform one string into another.
Usage
The help menu contains the necessary documentation on different options supported.
Fuzzy file search command line tool.
Usage: fuzzy-ls.exe [OPTIONS] <QUERY>
Options:
-r, --regex Query is a regex pattern and the search is performed using the regex.
-p, --exact Exact pattern matching is done for the query.
-e, --exclude [<.ext>...] Exclude files of specific extensions.
-f, --focus [<.ext>...] Focus search on specific set of extensions. In case both exclude and focus are provided, focus takes precedence.
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print versionfuzzy-ls.exe [OPTIONS] <QUERY>
Examples
Fuzzy search
fuzzy-ls search
Regex search
fuzzy-ls fuzzy.* -r
You can mix and match focused flags with any of the search type
Regex with focused extensions
fuzzy-ls fuzzy.* -r -f exe
Regex with exclude extensions
fuzzy-ls fuzzy.* -r -e exe
Note: In case both focused and exclude extensions are provided: focus extensions take a precedence.
Exact string matching
fuzzy-ls utils -p
Experimental Feature: Open files in editor
The open_in_editor
feature allows you to open files directly in your preferred editor from the command line. By default, this feature uses nvim
(Neovim) and opens the file in a new terminal window. You can override the default editor using the -d
flag.
Installation and Usage
To install and run the feature locally, use the following command:
cargo install fuzzy-ls --features "open_in_editor"
Here is the feature in action in windows
To override the default editor, use the -d
or --default_editor_command
flag followed by the editor of your choice. For example, to use VS Code:
fuzzy-ls search -d code
Platform Support
The open_in_editor
feature has been tested on Windows. Testing on other operating systems is planned before merging with the default behavior. Users are encouraged to try it out on various OSes and report any issues.
Community Contribution
Feel free to contribute to the project whether its reporting issues/suggestions or feature requests or new feature PRs!
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Dependencies
~8–23MB
~290K SLoC