selecta - Interactively search and select entries from your bash/zsh history.

This is a Python3 clone of François Fleuret's excellent selector tool.

Usage

Just type some characters and see which entries match your words.

You can search for whole sentences by prefixing your search with a double quote.

Use up and down arrows to navigate the list.

Escape/Backspace on the result list returns to the search input.

Escape on the search input closes selecta.

Press Enter to copy the selected entry to the console.

CTRL+a toggles case sensitivity

CTRL+r toggles regex search

Installation

pip install selecta

Install the keyboard shortcut ALT+{key}:

selecta_add_keybinding {the alt key you want to use}

This will append one of the following lines to your ~/.bashrc/zshrc:

bind -x '"\C-[{key}":"\selecta -b -y <(history)"'
bindkey -s "^[{key}" "selecta -z -y <(history)^M"

Upgrade from older version to 0.2.x

Delete your old keybinding from .bashrc/.zshrc and register the new version with:

selecta_add_keybinding

--help output

    usage: selecta [-h] [-i] [-b] [-z] [-e] [-a] [-d] [-y] [--bash] [--zsh]
                   [infile]

    positional arguments:
      infile                the file which lines you want to select eg. <(history)

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
      -i, --reverse-order   reverse the order of the lines
      -b, --remove-bash-prefix
                            remove the numeric prefix from bash history
      -z, --remove-zsh-prefix
                            remove the time prefix from zsh history
      -e, --regexp          start in regexp mode
      -a, --case-sensitive  start in case-sensitive mode
      -d, --remove-duplicates
                            remove duplicated lines
      -y, --show-matches    highlight the part of each line which matches the
                            substrings or regexp
      --bash                standard for bash history search, same as -b -i -d
      --zsh                 standard for zsh history search, same as -b -i -d