The benefits of such a note system are immense – never forget anything again! Search, perform the magic ritual of Copy Paste, and rejoice in the wisdom of your tried and tested past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But how? Through the unreasonable effectiveness of interactive fuzzy search. This is how I have used Fuz<\/em>, a terminal-based file fuzzy finder<\/a>, for about 4 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Briefly, Fuz<\/em> extracts all text within a directory using ripgrep<\/a><\/em>, enables interactive fuzzy search with FZF<\/a><\/em>, and returns you the selected item. As you type, the search results get narrowed down to a few matches. Files are opened at the exact line you found. And it’s FAST – 100,000 lines in half a second fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are also a few other convenient features. Files are searched from memory when available, there is syntax highlighting for markdown and e.g. Python code (using bat<\/em><\/a>), and it’s clever enough to ignore binary, hidden and .gitignore files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is how to install and use Fuz<\/em>, from https:\/\/github.com\/Magnushhoie\/fuz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By default, Fuz<\/em> searches the current directory up to 3 levels down, but this can be modified to any depth. It can be immensely useful for finding text across a code-base, or every mention of something across all your projects. Here are a few useful options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The --<\/kbd>setup<\/em> flag adds a few handy aliases to your ~\/.bashrc<\/em> or ~\/.zshrc<\/em> file, pointing Fuz<\/em> to a specific directory (see example in the gif above). For example, you may point Fuz<\/em> to a directory where you keep text notes (e.g. Obsidian<\/a>, Roam<\/a>), or a collection of code\/project files you want available at your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can have as many files and directories as you wish. Just try to mark your entries with memorable patterns such as __biopython how to read FASTA files__<\/em>, and you’ll find them in seconds – regardless of where they’re located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck, and may your second brain grow limited by no bounds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n (And lastly – a short list of related tools you may want to check out)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fuz – A command-line text search tool built with FZF and ripgrep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[348,29,296,14,588,587,586,589],"tags":[659,673,675,677,676,674,678],"ppma_author":[672],"class_list":["post-8794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bash","category-code","category-hints-and-tips","category-howto","category-linux-gnu-linux","category-macos","category-os","category-windows","tag-command-line-2","tag-fuzzy","tag-fzf","tag-notes","tag-ripgrep","tag-search","tag-vim"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":672,"user_id":105,"is_guest":0,"slug":"magnus","display_name":"Magnus Haraldson H\u00f8ie","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9f3c7e35621c7406f9cba8a9ab424f33397c1c9a8c4891da48e7fb8d23139cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8794"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8912,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8794\/revisions\/8912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8794"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=8794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blopig.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fuz.gif?resize=625%2C348&ssl=1\")
<\/a># Download and install Fuz\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/Magnushhoie\/fuz\/\ncd fuz && chmod +x fuz\n.\/fuz --setup\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
# Requirements (Pick one)\n\n# 1. MacOS, using brew: https:\/\/brew.sh\/\nbrew install fzf rg bat\n\n# 2. Any OS, using conda: https:\/\/conda.io\/docs\/user-guide\/install\/\nconda install -c conda-forge fzf ripgrep bat \n\n# 3. Ubuntu\nsudo apt-get install fzf ripgrep\nsudo apt install bat\nmkdir -p ~\/.local\/bin\nln -s \/usr\/bin\/batcat ~\/.local\/bin\/bat<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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