selecta 0.0.5

Interactively select an entry from your bash/zsh history.

selecta - Interactively select an entry from your bash/zsh history.

This is a python clone of François Fleuret’s excellent selector tool.

Usage

$ selecta.py --bash -y <(history)

Keys

CTRL+i: toggle case sensitivity

CTRL+r: toggle REGEX search

Installation

create a symlink:

$ sudo ln -s selecta.py /usr/bin/selecta

Add this to your .bashrc to bind the command to ALT+e:

bind '"\C-[e":"\C-a\C-kselecta <(history)\C-m"'

–help output

usage: selecta [-h] [-i] [-b] [-z] [-e] [-a] [-d] [-y] [--bash] [--zsh]
               [infile]

positional arguments:
  infile

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --revert-order
  -b, --remove-bash-prefix
  -z, --remove-zsh-prefix
  -e, --regexp
  -a, --case-sensitive
  -d, --remove-duplicates
  -y, --show-hits
  --bash
  --zsh