skim (sk) is an interactive fuzzy finder. It reads a list of lines from standard input or from a command, lets you filter them as you type, and prints the selected lines. It supports multi-select, previews, custom key bindings, regex and exact matching, and shell integrations.

The upstream command is called sk. This snap provides it as skim; to use the upstream name, run:

sudo snap alias skim sk

Examples

git log --oneline | skim
vim "$(skim)"
skim --preview 'cat {}' --multi
skim --filter main < files.txt

Shell integration

Key bindings (CTRL-T, CTRL-R, ALT-C) call sk, so create the alias first, then add this line to ~/.bashrc (zsh and fish are also supported):

eval "$(sk --shell bash --shell-bindings)"

Commands run inside the snap

Without piped input, skim runs $SKIM_DEFAULT_COMMAND (default: find .). That command, --cmd, --preview and execute(...) bindings run inside the snap, where only basic tools such as find, grep, sed, cat and ls are available. Host programs such as fd, rg, bat or git are not; pipe their output into skim instead.

File access

skim can read files in your home directory. To also browse USB drives and other removable media (/media, /mnt), run:

sudo snap connect skim:removable-media