title: F4
date: 2021-02-08
homepage: https://github.com/step-/f4

f4

Fuzzy file finder CLI in a GTK dialog

Benefits

• graphical application
• simple -- start searching immediately with sane defaults
• live search -- search as you type
• fuzzy search -- get that file you can only name approximately
• file manager integration -- press ENTER to locate the file
• fast -- save and reuse lists of search results

Installing

This program can be installed from a command line shell prompt. It should be installed to / for system-wide availability.

It can be started from a shell prompt. The installer also adds an "f4" entry in section "Filesystem" of the system application menu.

First, install according to /usr/share/doc/f4/installing.md.

Then download the latest archive attachment from the release page:1. Unpack the archive into a folder of your choice.

Open a terminal window in that folder and run the following command: install/bin/install.sh. This will start an interactive installer, which includes a Help screen.

Assuming a successful installation with default settings, enter command f4 in a shell prompt to start the program and ESC to exit.

Important --- After having completed the installation you must save file install.log, which is located in folder install/, if you want to be able to uninstall this program in the future. Indeed, it is recommended to save the whole folder install/, which holds the uninstall program and the log file.

Uninstalling

From the folder where you unpacked the downloaded archive run the following command: install/bin/uninstall.sh. This will start an interactive uninstaller, which includes a Help screen.

Help

/usr/share/doc/f4/index.md

Press F1 then ENTER to read the HTML help file in your browser.

Press Control+H to read the text help page in f4's pager.

Translations

/usr/share/doc/f4/translations.md

AUTHOR

step

LINKS

Homepage github.com/step-/f4

:1 release page github.com/step-/f4/releases

:2 forum thread puppy forum support thread