peco

What is peco

peco is a simple tool that allows you to interactively filter your data. I know, you're going "WTF does that mean?" It's hard to explain, so proceed to the demo section if you're impatient.

Get peco

You can get the source code from github.

If you want to get the binary using go get, install go1.x (at the time of this writing, go1.3 is recommended), and run:

$ go get github.com/peco/peco/cmd/peco

If you are on OS X and are using homebrew, use brew tap to get the repository

$ brew tap peco/peco
$ brew install peco

If you have already tapped the repository and want to upgrade, use brew update.

    Note: If you have previously tapped my personal repo lestrrat/peco,
    you will have to untap and tap the peco/peco repository

Demo

Demos speak more than a thousand words! Here's me looking for a process on my mac. As you can see, you can page through your results, and you can keep changing the query:

Here's me trying to figure out which file to open:

When you combine tools like zsh, peco, and ghq, you can make managing/moving around your huge dev area a piece of cake! (this example doesn't use zsh functions so you can see what I'm doing)

If you would like to share you cool use of peco, pleae share it on the wiki

Further Documentation