fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.
fzy reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin to be displayed as a menu in the terminal. Upon pressing ENTER, the currently selected item is printed to stdout.
Most other fuzzy matchers sort based on the length of a match. fzy tries to find the result the user intended. It does this by favoring matches on consecutive letters and starts of words. This allows matching using acronyms or different parts of the path.
fzy is designed to be used both as an editor plugin and on the command line. Rather than clearing the screen, fzy displays its interface directly below the current cursor position, scrolling the screen if necessary.
- Sorting follows this process:
- Prefers consecutive characters: file will match file over filter.
- Prefers matching the beginning of words: amp is likely to match app/models/posts.rb.
- Prefers shorter matches: abce matches abcdef over abc de.
- Prefers shorter candidates: test matches tests over testing.
Website: github.com/jhawthorn/fzy
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Developer: John Hawthorn
License: MIT License
fzy is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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