fuzzy-find

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# fuzzy-find: fuzzy completion for finding files #\n\n`ff` searches a directory tree with basic [fuzzy-completion][fc]. I wrote it\nbecause `find -name \"blah\"` only scans filenames (not their parent \ndirectories), and regular expressions for fuzzy completion are\ncumbersome.\n\n[fc]: http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Fuzzy-Completion.html\n\nSearching for \"aeiou\" will print any paths that match the RE\n`.*a.*e.*i.*o.*u.*`. \n\nBy default, `ff` searches recursively from the current directory, but its\nsearch root can be set with the `-r` option.\n\n`ff` query strings are not regular expressions - characters such as\n\u0027.\u0027 and \u0027-\u0027 match literally. Any sections enclosed in \u0027/\u0027s\nwill be required to match within the same path element, and the\nconsecutive match character (default \u0027=\u0027) toggles exact matching.\n(I chose \u0027=\u0027 because it doesn\u0027t mean anything in basic REs and it\u0027s\nunshifted on most keyboards.)\n\nSee also: [compound-completion][cc]\n\n[cc]: http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Compound-Completion.html\n\n\n## Installation ##\n\nJust run make. I mean, it\u0027s one C file. The makefile is just `ff: ff.c`.\nCopy ff somewhere in your path.\n\n\n## Example ##\n\n`ff aeiou` matches both `~/and/the/first/one/used.txt`\nand `~/after_the_furious_ultimatum.txt`, because the characters \u0027a\u0027, \u0027e\u0027,\n\u0027i\u0027, \u0027o\u0027, and \u0027u\u0027 appear sequentially.\n\n`ff a/e/i/o/u` only matches `~/and/the/first/one/used.txt`, since the `/`s force\neach vowel to appear in its own directory element.\n\n`ff ae=iou=` would only match `~/after_the_furious_ultimatum.txt`, since\nit matches an \u0027a\u0027, then an \u0027e\u0027, then the `=`s specify a *consecutive* \"iou\" string.\n\n\n## Usage ##\n\n    ff [-diltR] [-c char] [-n count] [-r root] query\n    -c CHAR   char to toggle Consecutive match (default: \u0027=\u0027)\n    -d        show Dotfiles\n    -D        only show directories\n    -h        print this Help\n    -i        case-Insensitive search\n    -l        follow Links (warning: no cycle detection)\n    -t        run Tests and exit\n    -r ROOT   set searc",
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