tmux-extractor

A simple script to extract content of a tmux pane, filter them through fzf, and piping the result to various CLI utilties, like open, pbcopy, or just return the result into the bash prompt of the current pane.

Dependencies

• fzf

Install

Clone this repository locally:

git clone https://github.com/pbnj/tmux-extractor </clone/path/to/tmux-extractor>

Then add the following to your .tmux.conf:

if-shell " [ -d </clone/path/to/tmux-extractor> ] " run-shell "</clone/path/to/tmux-extractor>/tmux_extractor.tmux"

Reload tmux:

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Usage

To extract text & insert into current tmux pane:

$ alias extractor="</clone/path/to/tmux-extractor/extractor.sh>"

# Now, you can invoke "extractor" whenever needed:
$ vim $(extractor)

# Or place a similar function in your .bashrc/.bash_profile/.zshrc/etc:
vix() {
    file="$(extractor)"
    [ -n "$file" ] && vim "$file"
}

To open using the default program:

<prefix> + C-o
# fzf selection is opened in the default program

To copy into the system clipboard:

<prefix> + C-c
# fzf selection is copied into system clipboard

Configuration

You may configure options following the tmux syntax:

set -g <key> <value>

The available options and their default values are:

• @tmux-extractor-copy-bind = C-c
• @tmux-extractor-copy-command = pbcopy
• @tmux-extractor-open-bind = C-o
• @tmux-extractor-open-command = open

Credits

• extrakto for the inspiration.
• junegunn/fzf for the command-line fuzzy finder utility.