Using FZF to Preview Text Files on the Command Line and within Vim

We'll create a Shell alias to quickly fuzzy search files and preview them (with paging).

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0:00 -- Intro
0:08 -- I've made videos in the past about reverse searching your history with FZF
0:18 -- Running the FZF command on its own
0:37 -- Using the built in CTRL+t bind with FZF to fuzzy search files on the command line
0:57 -- Previewing files on the command line with FZF using less
1:59 -- Using different commands to preview files, such as head for the first 30 lines
2:24 -- Using bat to get syntax highlighting in your previewed files
4:06 -- Creating custom FZF binds to page through results and setting up a Shell alias
5:59 -- You can preview files with the FZF Vim plugin by default too
7:08 -- Recap and any questions?

[medkha]

I suspect the preview options is build with xargs command that's why there is this '{}', it's part of xargs syntax as it reads from the standard input and in this case splits the output of fzf and execute each line with the command you specified in preview

[WaylonWalker]

Fantastic, I've never use --bind with fzf, super helpful.

[warrenhenning]

This is what tech YouTube should be like. If only

[tomontheinternet]

Thanks Nick. It was cool hearing you on the Changelog

[Redyf]

exactly what I was looking for, thanks

[ricardokullock]

FZF is great. I've been experimenting with telescope, with recently migrating to neovim 0.5 and a lua config.
I still use fzf on the command line though. I use it a lot to navigate directories with alt-c
The --bind is new to me, never thought I could page through the preview!

[remacp]

How can I paste text into the preview prompt in vim? For example, type the :Files command. The preview window comes up and you can enter text for the file you want to search. How do you paste text into there? Ctrl-v and pasting from buffer not working

[nraw_]

Thanks for this vid! Is there a way to enable the preview on the ctrl + T shortcut?

[jayachandrank]

Vim fzf :Files working well but the file preview not showing. How to solve it.

[saulalberto]

Hi, great video. Is there any way in that you can edit the file, in the preview window? Without open it in a new tab. Greetings from Mexico.

[ytbone]

Hello! o) Is there any tool on Linux, which can preview ANY kind of file like this? I mean pictures, config-files, videos, pdfs etc.. ? Something basic like Windows "Explorer" at least? I am using "Directory Opus" on Windows but need something similar on Linux. Honestly, setting up fzf to only preview plain text files is kind of last century to me, there is something else out there, please don't anybody say no! o)