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Life & fun · July 24, 2015

QC

Quick Command-line File Completion

Quick Command-line File Completion launched on July 24, 2015 with 38 votes, #1,477 of 4,208 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In plain words

Qfc is a shell auto-complete tool for Bash 4.3+ and zsh that searches files across the current directory and subdirectories as you type. It helps terminal users quickly navigate to and open files without typing full paths, reducing friction when changing directories or opening files in editors. The tool integrates with frequently-used commands for a streamlined, keystroke-efficient workflow.

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From the sources

qfc is a shell auto-complete alternative which features real-time multi-directories matching: It provides results while you type against files in the current directory and its sub-directories. This is useful, to avoid the burden of writing the whole path whenever you want to cd or vim a file, which is frequent especially if you use the terminal as your IDE(The terminal is the best IDE, remember! :-) ). If you're using zshell or Bash 4.3+, You can combine qfc with commands you frequently use to get one key-stroke experience. For example, I have the following lines in my .zshrc: This allows me to switch directories by just pressing Ctrl-b(or editing a file by pressing Ctrl-p).…from pindexis.github.io

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