fzy: either allow -q to have no argument or accept any string as -q about fzy HOT 2 CLOSED

I think it is best if an argument is required. It's weird that -q would "work" but have no meaning. However, -q can accept an empty string as an argument.

You should be able to achieve what you want using a shell function instead of an alias

fzyfind() {
  find . | fzy -q "$*"
}

This uses any arguments to fzyfind as input to -q. If none are provided it is equivalent to -q ""

fzyfind -> find . | fzy -q ""
fzyfind foo -> find . | fzy -q "foo"
fzyfind foo bar -> find . | fzy -q "foo bar"

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John Hawthorn writes on juni 5, 2016 9:51:

I think it is best if an argument is required. It's weird that -q would "work" but have no meaning. However, -q can accept an empty string as an argument.

Right, that works of course :)

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