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Q&A How to automatically change to the first matching directory using fuzzy search and cd?

Possibly -f "$dir" not -q "$dir". According to man: -q, --query=STR Start the finder with the given query ... -f, --filter=STR Filter mode. Do not start interactive finder. When used with -...

posted 11mo ago by jimbobmcgee‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by jimbobmcgee‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar jimbobmcgee‭ · 2023-06-16T00:38:05Z (11 months ago)
  • Possibly `-f "$dir"` not `-q "$dir"`. According to *man*:
  • > -q, --query=STR
  • > Start the finder with the given query
  • >
  • > -f, --filter=STR
  • > Filter mode. Do not start interactive finder. When used with *--no-sort*,
  • > fzf becomes a fuzzy-version of grep.
  • If `--select-1` doesn't then do what you expect (i.e. emit the first result), replace with `| head -n1` (i.e. pipe the output of `fzf` to `head` to select the first result).
  • Possibly `-f "$dir"` not `-q "$dir"`. According to *man*:
  • > __-q, --query=STR__
  • >
  • > Start the finder with the given query
  • >
  • > ...
  • >
  • > __-f, --filter=STR__
  • >
  • > Filter mode. Do not start interactive finder. When used with *--no-sort*,
  • > fzf becomes a fuzzy-version of grep.
  • If `--select-1` doesn't then do what you expect (i.e. emit the first result), replace with `| head -n1` (i.e. pipe the output of `fzf` to `head` to select the first result).
#1: Initial revision by user avatar jimbobmcgee‭ · 2023-06-16T00:36:59Z (11 months ago)
Possibly `-f "$dir"` not `-q "$dir"`.  According to *man*:

> -q, --query=STR
> Start the finder with the given query
>
> -f, --filter=STR
> Filter mode. Do not start interactive finder. When used with *--no-sort*,
> fzf becomes a fuzzy-version of grep.

If `--select-1` doesn't then do what you expect (i.e. emit the first result), replace with `| head -n1` (i.e. pipe the output of `fzf` to `head` to select the first result).