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Maybe rg or fzf and bat

• nickjj 3y ago
  That's what I do with this bit of built-in FZF configuration: export FZF_CTRL_T_OPTS="--preview='less {}' --height=100% --bind shift-up:preview-page-up,shift-down:preview-page-down" This lets you hit CTRL+t and immediately start previewing files in a directory with an ability to page between results. A video walk through and demo of that is here: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/customize-fzf-ctrl-t-binding-to-preview-files https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/customize-fzf-ctrl-t-binding-...
  • hiAndrewQuinn 3y ago
    This was super helpful actually, I somehow totally missed Ctrl-T being a thing and this makes it even nicer.
    • nickjj 3y ago
      No problem, if you want to invoke it with a raw command instead of a hotkey you can set up an alias, I use `pf` for preview files. You can reference FZF's env variable to reduce duplication too: alias pf="fzf ${FZF_CTRL_T_OPTS}"
    • 29athrowaway 3y ago
      Ctrl-O for ranger or one of its rewrites is a great idea too.