indexa

A locate alternative with incremental search

Installation

cargo install --git https://github.com/mosmeh/indexa

Usage

# view and search files & directories
ix

# choose which file to open in vi
vi $(ix)

# use regex
ix -r

# match full path
ix -p

On the first launch, indexa will ask you if you want to create a database with a default configuration.

To update the database, run:

ix -u

Configuration

indexa's behavior and appearance can be customized by editing a config file.

The config file is located at ~/.config/indexa/config.toml on Unix and %APPDATA%\indexa\config.toml on Windows.

Key bindings

• <kbd>Enter</kbd> to select current line and quit
• <kbd>ESC</kbd> / <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> / <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> to abort
• <kbd>Up</kbd> / <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>P</kbd>, <kbd>Down</kbd> / <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>N</kbd>, <kbd>Page Up</kbd>, and <kbd>Page Down</kbd> to move cursor up/down
• <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Home</kbd> / <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Home</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>End</kbd> / <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>End</kbd> to scroll to top/bottom of the list
• <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> / <kbd>Home</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>E</kbd> / <kbd>End</kbd> to move cursor to beginning/end of query
• <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>U</kbd> to clear the query

Command-line options

USAGE:
    ix [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
    -s, --case-sensitive    Search case-sensitively
    -i, --ignore-case       Search case-insensitively
    -r, --regex             Enable regex
    -u, --update            Update database and exit
    -h, --help              Prints help information
    -V, --version           Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -q, --query <query>        Initial query
    -p, --match-path <when>    Match path
    -t, --threads <threads>    Number of threads to use
    -C, --config <config>      Location of a config file