fzf

CLI>=0.30

A command-line fuzzy finder for files, command history, and more.

Interactive fuzzy finder for any list of items

3 curated recipes · not yet executed by the harness#fuzzy#interactive#finder#tui

Recipes

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

Fuzzy-find a file and open it

~97% est.
vim $(fzf)

Search command history interactively

~96% est.
history | fzf

Kill a process interactively

~90% est.
kill $(ps aux | fzf | awk '{print $2}')
Common failures (1)
  • kills wrong processUse procs or htop for safer interactive kill

Install

aptsudo apt install fzf
Homebrewbrew install fzf

Agent notes

When to use
Interactive selection from lists in shell pipelines
Quick examples
  • fzf
  • cat files.txt | fzf

Use from an agent

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/fzf | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug fzf on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.

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