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I built a terminal file picker to remove context switching between editor and shell

DEV Community·Md Shahed Rahman·about 1 month ago
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The problem When working on projects, I constantly found myself switching between: terminal → to run commands or navigate editor → to open and edit files For large projects, this became even more annoying: file trees get messy searching inside IDE explorers slows me down opening an editor just to change a few lines feels heavy That context switching breaks flow more than it should. The idea I wanted a simple workflow: Stay in the terminal → find a file → edit it → save → continue So I built a CLI tool that combines: file search file selection inline editing all inside the terminal. What it does The tool lets you: type part of a filename instantly see matching files with full paths navigate using arrow keys select a file edit it directly in the terminal choose between: overwrite mode append mode No editor launch. No switching context. Example workflow terminal-file-picker enter project directory (.…

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