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Autocompleting Files, Directories, Processes, and More with fzf

Explore how to install and use fzf, a fuzzy finder tool that enhances file, directory, and process autocompletion in the command-line interface. Learn to navigate complex file systems, copy directories using fzf, and integrate it with commands like cat and cd to increase efficiency.

Navigating a more complex filesystem like a codebase can be challenging, even with tab completion. The fzf tool lets us navigate our filesystem, history, and even processes by searching for partial words. It’s a fuzzy finder for our shell.

Unfortunately, fzf isn’t available through Ubuntu’s package manager. To ...