CLI Tools Cheatsheet

zoxide · eza · fd · fzf · ripgrep · OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

zoxide z

z foo

Jump to best match for "foo"

z foo bar

Match directory containing both terms

z foo/

Jump to relative subdirectory

z ..

Go up one level

z -

Jump to previous directory

zi foo

Interactive pick with fzf

z foo Tab

Show completions interactively

zoxide query -l

List all tracked directories

eza ls

ls

List with icons eza --icons

ll

Long list, all metadata eza -la --icons --git

la

Long list + hidden files eza -lah --icons --git

eza -T

Tree view (full depth)

eza -T -L 2

Tree view, 2 levels deep

eza --git

Show git status per file

eza --sort=size

Sort by file size

eza --sort=modified

Sort by modified date

fd find

fd pattern

Find files by name (fuzzy, case-smart)

fd -e py

Find by extension (.py files)

fd -t d pattern

Find directories only

fd -t l pattern

Find symlinks only

fd -H pattern

Include hidden files/dirs

fd -I pattern

Ignore .gitignore rules

fd --changed-within 1d

Files modified in last day

fd -e jpg -x cmd {}

Execute cmd per result parallel

fd -e jpg -X cmd

Execute cmd with all results at once

fzf

Shell Key Bindings

Ctrl+T

Insert file/dir path onto line

Ctrl+R

Fuzzy search command history

Alt+C

cd into selected directory

Fuzzy Completion

vim **Tab

Fuzzy-complete file path

cd **Tab

Fuzzy-complete directory

kill **Tab

Fuzzy-complete process PID

ssh **Tab

Fuzzy-complete hostname

Usage

cmd | fzf

Pipe any list into fzf

vim $(fzf)

Select file then open in vim

Search Syntax (inside fzf)

term

Fuzzy match

'exact

Exact match (substring)

^prefix

Match at start of string

suffix$

Match at end of string

!term

Exclude — inverse match

a | b

OR — match either term

a b

AND — match both terms

Inside fzf UI

Tab / Shift+Tab

Mark / unmark (multi-select)

Ctrl+C / Esc

Cancel / exit

Enter

Confirm selection

ripgrep rg

rg pattern

Search in all files (respects .gitignore)

rg -i pattern

Case-insensitive search

rg -w pattern

Whole word match only

rg -t py pattern

Search in Python files only

rg -l pattern

List matching filenames only

rg -c pattern

Count matches per file

rg -C 3 pattern

Show 3 lines of context around match

rg -u pattern

Include gitignored files

rg --hidden pattern

Include hidden files/dirs

rg -e p1 -e p2

Multiple patterns (OR)

Power Combos

zi

zoxide + fzf: pick recent dir interactively

fd -e md | fzf

Find Markdown files, pick one with fzf

rg -l pat | fzf

Find files with match, pick one interactively

rgf pattern

rg results in fzf with bat preview pane

vim $(fd -e py | fzf)

Find Python file → pick → open in vim

eza -T | rg pattern

Search within tree output

fd -x rg pat {}

Find files then search within each

ll | rg pattern

Filter long listing by pattern

fd -e log -x bat

Find all .log files and view with bat