THE VIDEO SHELF · fzf and vim
Vim universe. fzf - command line fuzzy finder
A screencast showing how to use the fzf command-line fuzzy finder in the shell and in Vim. It covers searching files and also using the Vim plugin for help tags, buffers, lines and grep matches.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a useful early tutorial for learning fzf with Vim.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Alexey Samoshkin
- Topic
- fzf and vim
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
> 3) Fuzzy file search in your editor I’ve been using “fzf” [1] for file and directory search and I can’t recommend it enough. It integrates nicely with vim [2] as well. 1. [LINK] 2. [VIDEO]
imjasonmiller on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?i use fzf daily - especially in Vim. thanks for this another resource I found valuable early on: [VIDEO] EDIT: just realised this is the repo README by the fzf creator. he mentions Samoshkin's video also but it's worth repeating
thetadot on Hacker News · 2022-03
In Fzf – a command-line fuzzy finder
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.