Search mode¶

-x, --extended

Extended-search mode. Since 0.10.9, this is enabled by default. You can disable it with +x or --no-extended.

-e, --exact

Enable exact-match

-i

Case-insensitive match (default: smart-case match)

+i

Case-sensitive match

--literal

Do not normalize latin script letters for matching.

--algo=TYPE

Fuzzy matching algorithm (default: v2)

v2 Optimal scoring algorithm (quality)
v1 Faster but not guaranteed to find the optimal result (performance)

-n, --nth=N[,..]

Comma-separated list of field index expressions for limiting search scope. See FIELD INDEX EXPRESSION for the details.

--with-nth=N[,..]

Transform the presentation of each line using field index expressions

-d, --delimiter=STR

Field delimiter regex for --nth and --with-nth (default: AWK-style)

Search result¶

+s, --no-sort

Do not sort the result

--tac

Reverse the order of the input

--tiebreak=CRI[,..]

Comma-separated list of sort criteria to apply when the scores are tied.

length Prefers line with shorter length
begin Prefers line with matched substring closer to the beginning
end Prefers line with matched substring closer to the end
index Prefers line that appeared earlier in the input stream

- Each criterion should appear only once in the list
- index is only allowed at the end of the list
- index is implicitly appended to the list when not specified
- Default is length (or equivalently length,index)
- If end is found in the list, fzf will scan each line backwards

Interface¶

-m, --multi

Enable multi-select with tab/shift-tab

+m, --no-multi

Disable multi-select

--no-mouse

Disable mouse

--bind=KEYBINDS

Comma-separated list of custom key bindings. See KEY BINDINGS for the details.

--cycle

Enable cyclic scroll

--no-hscroll

Disable horizontal scroll

--hscroll-off=COL

Number of screen columns to keep to the right of the highlighted substring (default: 10). Setting it to a large value will cause the text to be positioned on the center of the screen.

--filepath-word

Make word-wise movements and actions respect path separators. The following actions are affected:

backward-kill-word
backward-word
forward-word
kill-word

--jump-labels=CHARS

Label characters for jump and jump-accept

Layout¶

--height=HEIGHT[%]

Display fzf window below the cursor with the given height instead of using the full screen.

--min-height=HEIGHT

Minimum height when --height is given in percent (default: 10). Ignored when --height is not specified.

--layout=LAYOUT

Choose the layout (default: default)

default Display from the bottom of the screen
reverse Display from the top of the screen
reverse-list Display from the top of the screen, prompt at the bottom

--reverse

A synonym for --layout=reverse

--border

Draw border above and below the finder

--no-unicode

Use ASCII characters instead of Unicode box drawing characters to draw border

--margin=MARGIN

Comma-separated expression for margins around the finder.

--inline-info

Display finder info inline with the query

--prompt=STR

Input prompt (default: '> ')

--header=STR

The given string will be printed as the sticky header. The lines are displayed in the given order from top to bottom regardless of --layout option, and are not affected by --with-nth. ANSI color codes are processed even when --ansi is not set.

--header-lines=N

The first N lines of the input are treated as the sticky header. When --with-nth is set, the lines are transformed just like the other lines that follow.

Display¶

--ansi

Enable processing of ANSI color codes

--tabstop=SPACES

Number of spaces for a tab character (default: 8)

--color=[BASE_SCHEME][,COLOR:ANSI]

Color configuration. The name of the base color scheme is followed by custom color mappings. Ansi color code of -1 denotes terminal default foreground/background color. You can also specify 24-bit color in #rrggbb format.

--no-bold

Do not use bold text

--black

Use black background

History¶

--history=HISTORY_FILE

Load search history from the specified file and update the file on completion. When enabled, CTRL-N and CTRL-P are automatically remapped to next-history and previous-history.

--history-size=N

Maximum number of entries in the history file (default: 1000). The file is automatically truncated when the number of the lines exceeds the value.

Preview¶

--preview=COMMAND

Execute the given command for the current line and display the result on the preview window. {} in the command is the placeholder that is replaced to the single-quoted string of the current line. To transform the replacement string, specify field index expressions between the braces (See FIELD INDEX EXPRESSION for the details).

--preview-window=[POSITION][:SIZE[%]][:wrap][:hidden]

Determine the layout of the preview window. If the argument ends with :hidden, the preview window will be hidden by default until toggle-preview action is triggered. Long lines are truncated by default. Line wrap can be enabled with :wrap flag.

If size is given as 0, preview window will not be visible, but fzf will still execute the command in the background.

Scripting¶

-q, --query=STR

Start the finder with the given query

-1, --select-1

Automatically select the only match

-0, --exit-0

Exit immediately when there's no match

-f, --filter=STR

Filter mode. Do not start interactive finder. When used with --no-sort, fzf becomes a fuzzy-version of grep.

--print-query

Print query as the first line

--expect=KEY[,..]

Comma-separated list of keys that can be used to complete fzf in addition to the default enter key. When this option is set, fzf will print the name of the key pressed as the first line of its output (or as the second line if --print-query is also used). The line will be empty if fzf is completed with the default enter key. If --expect option is specified multiple times, fzf will expect the union of the keys. --no-expect will clear the list.

--read0

Read input delimited by ASCII NUL characters instead of newline characters

--print0

Print output delimited by ASCII NUL characters instead of newline characters

--no-clear

Do not clear finder interface on exit. If fzf was started in full screen mode, it will not switch back to the original screen, so you'll have to manually run tput rmcup to return. This option can be used to avoid flickering of the screen when your application needs to start fzf multiple times in order.

--sync

Synchronous search for multi-staged filtering. If specified, fzf will launch ncurses finder only after the input stream is complete.

--version

Display version information and exit

Note that most options have the opposite versions with --no- prefix.

Examples¶

1 The 1st field
2 The 2nd field
-1 The last field
-2 The 2nd to last field
3..5 From the 3rd field to the 5th field
2.. From the 2nd field to the last field
..-3 From the 1st field to the 3rd to the last field
.. All the fields

Exact-match (quoted)¶

A term that is prefixed by a single-quote character (') is interpreted as an "exact-match" (or "non-fuzzy") term. fzf will search for the exact occurrences of the string.

Anchored-match¶

A term can be prefixed by ^, or suffixed by $ to become an anchored-match term. Then fzf will search for the lines that start with or end with the given string. An anchored-match term is also an exact-match term.

Negation¶

If a term is prefixed by !, fzf will exclude the lines that satisfy the term from the result. In this case, fzf performs exact match by default.

Exact-match by default¶

If you don't prefer fuzzy matching and do not wish to "quote" (prefixing with ') every word, start fzf with -e or --exact option. Note that when --exact is set, '-prefix "unquotes" the term.

OR operator¶

A single bar character term acts as an OR operator. For example, the following query matches entries that start with core and end with either go, rb, or py.

e.g. ^core go$ | rb$ | py$