termsearch

A minimalist and super fast terminal history search tool, that uses a weighted scoring system to rank commands.

• Recency: more recent commands are given higher priority
• Frequency: commands used more frequently are given higher priority

Note: it only works with zsh on Linux for now.

Usage

Initialize termsearch

Add the following line to your ~/.zshrc file:

eval "$(termsearch init)"

This rebinds Ctrl+R to use termsearch for searching your command history.

Search for a command

termsearch search

• Up/Down and Shift+Tab/Tab navigate up/down through the search results.
• Enter selects the highlighted command and pastes it into the terminal's input line.
• Ctrl+C, Ctrl+D, Esc cancel the search.

Options

-m, --max-history <MAX_HISTORY>  Maximum number of history lines to read [default: 10000]
-r, --max-results <MAX_RESULTS>  Maximum number of results to display [default: 10]

Installation

From crates.io (recommended)

cargo install termsearch

From source

cargo install --path .

Uninstallation

cargo uninstall termsearch

Debug

Set log level with TERMSEARCH_LOG environment variable:

export TERMSEARCH_LOG=debug