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

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