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.TH fzf 1 "Apr 2021" "fzf 0.27.0" "fzf - a command-line fuzzy finder"

.SH NAME
fzf - a command-line fuzzy finder

.SH SYNOPSIS
fzf [options]

.SH DESCRIPTION
fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.

.SH OPTIONS
.SS Search mode
.TP
.B "-x, --extended"
Extended-search mode. Since 0.10.9, this is enabled by default. You can disable
it with \fB+x\fR or \fB--no-extended\fR.
.TP
.B "-e, --exact"
Enable exact-match
.TP
.B "-i"
Case-insensitive match (default: smart-case match)
.TP
.B "+i"
Case-sensitive match
.TP
.B "--literal"
Do not normalize latin script letters for matching.
.TP
.BI "--algo=" TYPE
Fuzzy matching algorithm (default: v2)

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

.TP
.BI "-n, --nth=" "N[,..]"
Comma-separated list of field index expressions for limiting search scope.
See \fBFIELD INDEX EXPRESSION\fR for the details.
.TP
.BI "--with-nth=" "N[,..]"
Transform the presentation of each line using field index expressions
.TP
.BI "-d, --delimiter=" "STR"
Field delimiter regex for \fB--nth\fR and \fB--with-nth\fR (default: AWK-style)
.TP
.BI "--disabled"
Do not perform search. With this option, fzf becomes a simple selector
interface rather than a "fuzzy finder". You can later enable the search using
\fBenable-search\fR or \fBtoggle-search\fR action.
.SS Search result
.TP
.B "+s, --no-sort"
Do not sort the result
.TP
.B "--tac"
Reverse the order of the input

.RS
e.g.
     \fBhistory | fzf --tac --no-sort\fR
.RE
.TP
.BI "--tiebreak=" "CRI[,..]"
Comma-separated list of sort criteria to apply when the scores are tied.
.br

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

.br
- Each criterion should appear only once in the list
.br
- \fBindex\fR is only allowed at the end of the list
.br
- \fBindex\fR is implicitly appended to the list when not specified
.br
- Default is \fBlength\fR (or equivalently \fBlength\fR,index)
.br
- If \fBend\fR is found in the list, fzf will scan each line backwards
.SS Interface
.TP
.B "-m, --multi"
Enable multi-select with tab/shift-tab. It optionally takes an integer argument
which denotes the maximum number of items that can be selected.
.TP
.B "+m, --no-multi"
Disable multi-select
.TP
.B "--no-mouse"
Disable mouse
.TP
.BI "--bind=" "KEYBINDS"
Comma-separated list of custom key bindings. See \fBKEY/EVENT BINDINGS\fR for
the details.
.TP
.B "--cycle"
Enable cyclic scroll
.TP
.B "--keep-right"
Keep the right end of the line visible when it's too long. Effective only when
the query string is empty.
.TP
.B "--no-hscroll"
Disable horizontal scroll
.TP
.BI "--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.
.TP
.B "--filepath-word"
Make word-wise movements and actions respect path separators. The following
actions are affected:

\fBbackward-kill-word\fR
.br
\fBbackward-word\fR
.br
\fBforward-word\fR
.br
\fBkill-word\fR
.TP
.BI "--jump-labels=" "CHARS"
Label characters for \fBjump\fR and \fBjump-accept\fR
.SS Layout
.TP
.BI "--height=" "HEIGHT[%]"
Display fzf window below the cursor with the given height instead of using
the full screen.
.TP
.BI "--min-height=" "HEIGHT"
Minimum height when \fB--height\fR is given in percent (default: 10).
Ignored when \fB--height\fR is not specified.
.TP
.BI "--layout=" "LAYOUT"
Choose the layout (default: default)

.br
.BR default "       Display from the bottom of the screen"
.br
.BR reverse "       Display from the top of the screen"
.br
.BR reverse-list "  Display from the top of the screen, prompt at the bottom"
.br

.TP
.B "--reverse"
A synonym for \fB--layout=reverse\fB

.TP
.BI "--border" [=STYLE]
Draw border around the finder

.br
.BR rounded "     Border with rounded corners (default)"
.br
.BR sharp "       Border with sharp corners"
.br
.BR horizontal "  Horizontal lines above and below the finder"
.br
.BR vertical "    Vertical lines on each side of the finder"
.br
.BR top
.br
.BR bottom
.br
.BR left
.br
.BR right
.br
.BR none
.br

.TP
.B "--no-unicode"
Use ASCII characters instead of Unicode box drawing characters to draw border

.TP
.BI "--margin=" MARGIN
Comma-separated expression for margins around the finder.
.br

.br
.RS
.BR TRBL "     Same margin for top, right, bottom, and left"
.br
.BR TB,RL "    Vertical, horizontal margin"
.br
.BR T,RL,B "   Top, horizontal, bottom margin"
.br
.BR T,R,B,L "  Top, right, bottom, left margin"
.br

.br
Each part can be given in absolute number or in percentage relative to the
terminal size with \fB%\fR suffix.
.br

.br
e.g.
     \fBfzf --margin 10%
     fzf --margin 1,5%\fR
.RE
.TP
.BI "--padding=" PADDING
Comma-separated expression for padding inside the border. Padding is
distinguishable from margin only when \fB--border\fR option is used.
.br

.br
e.g.
     \fBfzf --margin 5% --padding 5% --border --preview 'cat {}' \\
         --color bg:#222222,preview-bg:#333333\fR

.br
.RS
.BR TRBL "     Same padding for top, right, bottom, and left"
.br
.BR TB,RL "    Vertical, horizontal padding"
.br
.BR T,RL,B "   Top, horizontal, bottom padding"
.br
.BR T,R,B,L "  Top, right, bottom, left padding"
.br
.RE

.TP
.BI "--info=" "STYLE"
Determines the display style of finder info.

.br
.BR default "       Display on the next line to the prompt"
.br
.BR inline "        Display on the same line"
.br
.BR hidden "        Do not display finder info"
.br

.TP
.B "--no-info"
A synonym for \fB--info=hidden\fB

.TP
.BI "--prompt=" "STR"
Input prompt (default: '> ')
.TP
.BI "--pointer=" "STR"
Pointer to the current line (default: '>')
.TP
.BI "--marker=" "STR"
Multi-select marker (default: '>')
.TP
.BI "--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 \fB--layout\fR option, and
are not affected by \fB--with-nth\fR. ANSI color codes are processed even when
\fB--ansi\fR is not set.
.TP
.BI "--header-lines=" "N"
The first N lines of the input are treated as the sticky header. When
\fB--with-nth\fR is set, the lines are transformed just like the other
lines that follow.
.SS Display
.TP
.B "--ansi"
Enable processing of ANSI color codes
.TP
.BI "--tabstop=" SPACES
Number of spaces for a tab character (default: 8)
.TP
.BI "--color=" "[BASE_SCHEME][,COLOR_NAME[:ANSI_COLOR][:ANSI_ATTRIBUTES]]..."
Color configuration. The name of the base color scheme is followed by custom
color mappings.

.RS
.B BASE SCHEME:
    (default: dark on 256-color terminal, otherwise 16)

    \fBdark    \fRColor scheme for dark 256-color terminal
    \fBlight   \fRColor scheme for light 256-color terminal
    \fB16      \fRColor scheme for 16-color terminal
    \fBbw      \fRNo colors (equivalent to \fB--no-color\fR)

.B COLOR NAMES:
    \fBfg         \fRText
    \fBbg         \fRBackground
    \fBpreview-fg \fRPreview window text
    \fBpreview-bg \fRPreview window background
    \fBhl         \fRHighlighted substrings
    \fBfg+        \fRText (current line)
    \fBbg+        \fRBackground (current line)
    \fBgutter     \fRGutter on the left (defaults to \fBbg+\fR)
    \fBhl+        \fRHighlighted substrings (current line)
    \fBquery      \fRQuery string
    \fBdisabled   \fRQuery string when search is disabled
    \fBinfo       \fRInfo line (match counters)
    \fBborder     \fRBorder around the window (\fB--border\fR and \fB--preview\fR)
    \fBprompt     \fRPrompt
    \fBpointer    \fRPointer to the current line
    \fBmarker     \fRMulti-select marker
    \fBspinner    \fRStreaming input indicator
    \fBheader     \fRHeader

.B ANSI COLORS:
    \fB-1         \fRDefault terminal foreground/background color
    \fB           \fR(or the original color of the text)
    \fB0 ~ 15     \fR16 base colors
    \fB16 ~ 255   \fRANSI 256 colors
    \fB#rrggbb    \fR24-bit colors

.B ANSI ATTRIBUTES: (Only applies to foreground colors)
    \fBregular    \fRClears previously set attributes; should precede the other ones
    \fBbold\fR
    \fBunderline\fR
    \fBreverse\fR
    \fBdim\fR
    \fBitalic\fR

.B EXAMPLES:

     \fB# Seoul256 theme with 8-bit colors
     # (https://github.com/junegunn/seoul256.vim)
     fzf --color='bg:237,bg+:236,info:143,border:240,spinner:108' \\
         --color='hl:65,fg:252,header:65,fg+:252' \\
         --color='pointer:161,marker:168,prompt:110,hl+:108'

     # Seoul256 theme with 24-bit colors
     fzf --color='bg:#4B4B4B,bg+:#3F3F3F,info:#BDBB72,border:#6B6B6B,spinner:#98BC99' \\
         --color='hl:#719872,fg:#D9D9D9,header:#719872,fg+:#D9D9D9' \\
         --color='pointer:#E12672,marker:#E17899,prompt:#98BEDE,hl+:#98BC99'\fR
.RE
.TP
.B "--no-bold"
Do not use bold text
.TP
.B "--black"
Use black background
.SS History
.TP
.BI "--history=" "HISTORY_FILE"
Load search history from the specified file and update the file on completion.
When enabled, \fBCTRL-N\fR and \fBCTRL-P\fR are automatically remapped to
\fBnext-history\fR and \fBprevious-history\fR.
.TP
.BI "--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.
.SS Preview
.TP
.BI "--preview=" "COMMAND"
Execute the given command for the current line and display the result on the
preview window. \fB{}\fR 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 \fBFIELD INDEX
EXPRESSION