Enhanced searches with fzf

Rough Edges

The latest version of fzf is .38, and many distributions offer even earlier packages. Unsurprisingly, fzf is still rough around the edges, with no indication of what features are compiled in which package or distribution and scanty documentation. Fortunately, though, you do not need all the possible features to find fzf a major improvement in search functions. In fact, fzf has several levels of complexity, each of which is useful in itself. As a result, even with the general release apparently some way off, fzf is a welcome innovation that is well on the way to becoming the new norm in search commands.

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Bruce Byfield is a computer journalist and a freelance writer and editor specializing in free and open source software. In addition to his writing projects, he also teaches live and e-learning courses. In his spare time, Bruce writes about Northwest Coast art (http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com). He is also co-founder of Prentice Pieces, a blog about writing and fantasy at https://prenticepieces.com/.

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