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fzf Basics: Search, Select, and Script Output/Select files from a pipeline

Pipe any list into fzf and interactively pick a line.

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Section: Core usage

Select files from a pipeline

bash
bash
find . -type f | fzf
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fzf reads from standard input, so any command that prints lines can become an interactive picker.

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