Command line search tool for *NIX.
#Usage# usage: search [command] file
- If command is not specified, the default program will be called.
- In the file list, press enter to select, arrow keys to navigate, page up/down to scroll whole pages, q/ESC to quit.
- Basic vim key bindings included.
#Example#
- Well, time to work on the crappy thesis:
search cd draft - Hmm, I need music:
search "Canto Ostinato" - What did Luke say in the email? Let's check it:
search vim "emlx coolwanglu"
#Internal# Nothing hardcore. This is just a Python/curses wrapper around command line backends. Thus, you could reach anything that your backend does.
##Supported backends##
mdfind(Mac OS X only)Tracker
#Installation#
- Clone it.
- make, or make install.
- Currently, bash and zsh are supported.
#Uninstallation#
- make clean
#TODO#
- More backends, like Tracker for GNOME or Everything SDK for Windows.
- Display not just file names. Write drivers for different file extensions.
- Rank subsystem.