quickfind 0.1.4.0

Fuzzy find for the terminal

quickfind
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Fuzzy finder for the terminal. `quickfind` can search files in the file system, ctags files, or anything that can pipe.

Install
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To install from Pypi:

pip install quickfind

To install the faster version with ctags from Pypi:

pip install quickfind[ctags,fsnix]

To install from source, clone the repo and type:

python setup.py install

in the directory.

'sudo' might be needed, depending on permissions.

To Use
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_quickfind_ has two builtin forms: File search and CTags search, with File search as default.

After installation, a new executable is added to the path 'qf'. To use:

qf # for file search

qf -c # To search tags in CTags file

and start typing! _quickfind_ can be configured to match against file name and/or path
while selecting either files, directories, or both. By default, it filters out files listed
in a tree's .gitignore.

Up and Down arrow keys selects which file to open. Enter opens the current file with $EDITOR.
If -s FILENAME is specified, quickfind writes the selected file to disk.

Stdin
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_quickfind_ can search on stdin when provided a naked '-':

find . -type f | qf -

_quickfind_ can further be extended to execute custom commands after an item as been selected

# To view man a file
mank -k . | qf - -e "{1}"

Commands
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By default, _quickfind_ will execute "$EDITOR {0}", where "{0}" represents the entire
selected record. In "{N}", N represents the Nth piece split by the delimiter specified
by -D. By default, the delimiter is whitespace.


Tricks
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Add to your .bashrc:

bind '"\C-f": "qf\n"'

to add ctrl+f as a qf hotkey.

Add to your .bashrc:

function goto() {
_OFILE=/tmp/qf.$$
qf -d -s $_OFILE
if [ -f $_OFILE ]; then
cd `cat $_OFILE`
rm $_OFILE
fi
unset _OFILE
}

to enable a new bash command, 'goto', for quickly cd-ing to a directory.

Have a lot of files with similar names? Add the '-w' flag to allow multiple searchers. '-w'
splits queries by white space: a query for "hello world" would result in two filters:
"hello" and "world", requiring a file to match both. This can be useful for specifying
part of a filename and then the file extension.