Search all files in Linux and open it in Vim directly
FZF combine with VIM I've recently discovered a neat trick that combines FZF and Silver Searcher (ag) to make my development workflow smoother. If you're like me and you want to respect your .gitignore while using FZF, and you also want to open files in Vim straight from FZF, here's a simple guide: First things first, you'll need to install FZF and Silver Searcher. You can do this easily with the following command: sudo apt- get install fzf silversearcher-ag Once you have these tools installed, the next step is to tweak your .bashrc file to set up the right environment variables. This ensures that FZF respects your .gitignore file by default. Open your .bashrc file with your favorite text editor: nano ~/.bashrc Add the following line to the file: # For respecting gitignore export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND= 'ag -g "" ' This command tells FZF to use Silver Searcher (ag) to list files, respecting the .gitignore . Next, let's set up a function i...
