el is a fuzzy wrapper around $EDITOR (or other commands), that aims to allow quick search and selection of a file. I started writing it at work, where we have lots of directories with files whose beginning and end are the same, and I'd be typing something a lot.

At its simplest el takes any number of arguments, each treated as a regex on files in $PWD. To be displayed, a file must match ALL of the arguments. el will show a list of matching files, but if there is only one match it will directly open the file for editing, allowing me to grab any old part or parts of a file name and quickly open it.

This script has been evolving for a while, it started as shell, was perl for a while, lately python C, and i've been tacking on all sorts of involvements. I use it all the time these days, I'm curious how many others have written similar things.

el : python

el : C (@ github)