Fzf: How to apply fzf search on specific dir without going there

[nikitavoloboev]

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I have this function in my zshrc :

fe() {
  local files
  IFS=$'\n' files=($(fzf-tmux --query="$1" --multi --select-1 --exit-0))
  [[ -n "$files" ]] && nvim "${files[@]}"
}

It lets me search for contents of the current directory I am in and then edit that file. However I wish to modify this function so that it searches only a specific directory (~/.dotifles/ in my case) from wherever I am.

I first thought to cd ~/.dotfiles and then run the remaining of the command but I wish to avoid that.

Thank you for any help.

[junegunn]

fzf is a unix filter, so you can feed in any input like so

# You can use any command you find fit as the source
find ~/.dotfiles | fzf-tmux

I hope this answers your question.