Use exact matching

bash

ps -ef | fzf --exact

Explanation

Helpful when the result set is noisy and you want strict matching.

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Restrict matching to selected delimited fields.

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Pipe any list into fzf and interactively pick a line.

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Capture the selected value and open it with $EDITOR.

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Hide or reorder fields in the list without changing the selected line.

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Parse colon- or tab-delimited input cleanly.

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