CUCuriositry·Sep 23, 2026Submission
Fpp – a utility to pick file paths out of command output
2 points · Open discussionmeta
PathPicker
Python2015–2026
meta / PathPicker
PathPicker
PathPicker accepts a wide range of input -- output from git commands, grep results, searches -- pretty much anything. After parsing the input, PathPicker presents you with a nice UI to select which files you're interested in. After that you can open them in your favorite editor or execute arbitrary commands.
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What it is
PathPicker accepts a wide range of input -- output from git commands, grep results, searches -- pretty much anything. After parsing the input, PathPicker presents you with a nice UI to select which files you're interested in. After that you can open them in your favorite editor or execute arbitrary commands.
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Observed mentions: 2015-05-07 18:08:32 UTC to 2026-09-23 05:08:40 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesI used something similar for a long time, but the past few years I've been using Path Picker.
rg string | fpp
git status | fpp
git diff head~1 | fpp
And with Zsh suffixes you can even drop the pipe.
https://github.com/facebook/PathPicker
In Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?PathPicker: A CLI tool that lets you select files out of bash output
1 points · Open discussionPathPicker: A TUI to pick paths from stdin and run arbitrary commands on them
1 points · Open discussionI've always used cloc instead of tokei: https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc
I use "x" in oh-my-zsh plugins instead of una. https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/tree/master/plugin...
I use "ag" instead of ripgrep. https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
I use "fpp" instead of vgrep. https://github.com/facebook/PathPicker
Anybody has tried them and has an opinion on which is better?
In Show HN: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find, written in RustPathPicker accepts many input-output from Git commands, grep results, searches
1 points · Open discussionFalse. They fixed it about a month ago.
>Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its
subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent
infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a
patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is
unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate
under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim.
Source: https://github.com/facebook/PathPicker/blob/master/PATENTS
See also the announcement of the change: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9356508
In Facebook PathPicker@andyl We are working on getting a linuxbrew recipe working. There's shouldn't be anything blocking this from working on linux systems (assuming Python 2.7 is installed).
In the meantime you can try the manual installation method listed in the README:
https://github.com/facebook/pathpicker/
@itsbits Why do you say that? curious if you found anything
In Facebook PathPicker