fzf Recipes: Files, ripgrep, Git, Processes, and Navigation

fd --type f | fzf

# Use fd as the file source for faster recursive listing.

rg --line-number --no-heading --color=always 'TODO|FIXME' | fzf --ansi | cut -d: -f1 | xargs -r vim

# Use ripgrep for content search and fzf for interactive selection.

rg --line-number --no-heading --color=always 'auth' | fzf --ansi --delimiter=':' --preview 'bat --color=always --highlight-line {2} {1}'

# Combine ANSI results with a syntax-highlighted preview.

git branch --all --color=always | sed 's/^..//' | fzf --ansi | xargs -r git switch

# Use fzf to choose a Git branch interactively.

git log --oneline --color=always | fzf --ansi --preview 'git show --color=always {1}'

# Preview commit details while selecting a hash.

ps -ef | sed 1d | fzf --nth=2.. --multi | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -r kill -15

# Pick a process from ps output and send it a signal.

printf '%s
' ~/src ~/work ~/notes | fzf | xargs -I{} cd '{}'

# Use a list of tracked directories as an interactive jump menu.

apropos . | fzf | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r man

# Choose a command and open its man page.