bash - Fuzzy file search in linux console

Question

Does anybody know a way to perform a quick fuzzy search from linux console?

Quite often I come accross situation when I need to find a file in a project but I don't remember the exact filename. In Sublime text editor I would press Ctrl-P and type a part of the name, which will produce a list of the files to select from. That's an amazing feature I'm quite happy with. The problem is that in most cases I have to browse a code in a console on remote machines via ssh. So I'm wondering is there a tool similar to "Go Anywhere" feature for Linux console?

Answer 1

You may find fzf useful. It's a general purpose fuzzy finder written in Go that can be used with any list of things: files, processes, command history, git branches, etc.

Its install script will setup CTRL-T keybinding for your shell. The following GIF shows how it works.