Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, ... finder for Vim.
vim 8+ manages packages all on its own. Installing ctrlp
is this simple:
mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim.git ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/ctrlp
Of course you can use your favorite plugin manager or check the quick installation guide for a primitive installation method.
:CtrlP
or :CtrlP [starting-directory]
to invoke CtrlP in find file mode.:CtrlPBuffer
or :CtrlPMRU
to invoke CtrlP in find buffer or find MRU file mode.:CtrlPMixed
to search in Files, Buffers and MRU files at the same time.Check :help ctrlp-commands
and :help ctrlp-extensions
for other commands.
<F5>
to purge the cache for the current directory to get new files, remove deleted files and apply new ignore options.<c-f>
and <c-b>
to cycle between modes.<c-d>
to switch to filename only search instead of full path.<c-r>
to switch to regexp mode.<c-j>
, <c-k>
or the arrow keys to navigate the result list.<c-t>
or <c-v>
, <c-x>
to open the selected entry in a new tab or in a new split.<c-n>
, <c-p>
to select the next/previous string in the prompt's history.<c-y>
to create a new file and its parent directories.<c-z>
to mark/unmark multiple files and <c-o>
to open them.Run :help ctrlp-mappings
or submit ?
in CtrlP for more mapping help.
..
to go up the directory tree by one or multiple levels.:
followed by a command to execute it on the opening file(s):
Use :25
to jump to line 25.
Use :diffthis
when opening multiple files to run :diffthis
on the first 4 files.Change the default mapping and the default command to invoke CtrlP:
let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>'
let g:ctrlp_cmd = 'CtrlP'
When invoked without an explicit starting directory, CtrlP will set its local working directory according to this variable:
let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 'ra'
'c'
- the directory of the current file.
'a'
- the directory of the current file, unless it is a subdirectory of the cwd
'r'
- the nearest ancestor of the current file that contains one of these directories or files: .git
.hg
.svn
.bzr
_darcs
'w'
- modifier to "r": start search from the cwd instead of the current file's directory
0
or ''
(empty string) - disable this feature.
If none of the default markers (.git
.hg
.svn
.bzr
_darcs
) are present in a project, you can define additional ones with g:ctrlp_root_markers
:
let g:ctrlp_root_markers = ['pom.xml', '.p4ignore']
If more than one mode is specified, they will be tried in order until a directory is located.
If a file is already open, open it again in a new pane instead of switching to the existing pane
let g:ctrlp_switch_buffer = 'et'
Exclude files and directories using Vim's wildignore
and CtrlP's own g:ctrlp_custom_ignore
. If a custom listing command is being used, exclusions are ignored:
set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip " MacOSX/Linux
set wildignore+=*\\tmp\\*,*.swp,*.zip,*.exe " Windows
let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$'
let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = {
\ 'dir': '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$',
\ 'file': '\v\.(exe|so|dll)$',
\ 'link': 'some_bad_symbolic_links',
\ }
Use a custom file listing command:
let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'find %s -type f' " MacOSX/Linux
let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'dir %s /-n /b /s /a-d' " Windows
Ignore files in .gitignore
let g:ctrlp_user_command = ['.git', 'cd %s && git ls-files -co --exclude-standard']
Check :help ctrlp-options
for other options.
CtrlP is distributed under Vim's license.