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zsh/fzf History Search

zsh-fzf-history-search plugin screenshot

A simple zsh plugin to replace Ctrl-r with an fzf-driven, searchable list of history.

Pull requests always appreciated!

Requirements

Installation

zinit

Add this to ~/.zshrc:

# zsh-fzf-history-search
zinit ice lucid wait'0'
zinit light joshskidmore/zsh-fzf-history-search

oh-my-zsh

Clone the repository inside your oh-my-zsh repo:

git clone https://github.com/joshskidmore/zsh-fzf-history-search ${ZSH_CUSTOM:=~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-fzf-history-search

Enable it in your .zshrc by adding it to your plugin list:

plugins=(… zsh-fzf-history-search)

zgenom

Add joshskidmore/zsh-fzf-history-search to your .zshrc file in the same function you're doing your other zgenom load calls in.

Zgenom will automatically clone the plugin repositories for you when you do a zgenom save.

Configuration Variables

VariableDefaultDescription
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_BIND'^r'Keybind to trigger fzf reverse search
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_FZF_ARGS'+s +m -x -e --preview-window=hidden'Arguments for fzf (might be updated, not recommended to override)
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_FZF_EXTRA_ARGS''Extra arguments for fzf
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_FZF_QUERY_PREFIX''Query prefix for fzf when $BUFFER is not empty. Set it to '^' to query history lines begin with $BUFFER
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_END_OF_LINE''Put the cursor on at the end of the line after completion, empty=false
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_EVENT_NUMBERS1Include event numbers in search. Set to 0 to remove event numbers from the search.
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_DATES_IN_SEARCH1Include ISO8601 timestamps in search. Set to 0 to remove them from the search.
ZSH_FZF_HISTORY_SEARCH_REMOVE_DUPLICATES''Remove duplicate entries from search. Only makes sense with EVENT_NUMBERS and DATE_INSEARCH 0 (false).

TODO