How to pass this fd command to consult? #1338

rieje · 2026-10-13T06:42:29Z

rieje
Oct 13, 2026

Disclaimer: not a programmer (only use Emacs for org-mode)

How to pass the following fd command to consult?

fd -d 1 .el$ ~/.config/emacs ~/.config/emacs/elisp

Basically, I want to trigger a key to fuzzy select list of matching files (important Emacs config files) to open as file buffer. I believe consult-fd-args seems to be relevant here but I'm not able to construct a proper argument for it and/or consult-fd.

Any help is much appreciated. I might also want to combine the results of this command and another fd command together as one set of files to select with consult.

Answered by mohittguptaa

Oct 14, 2026

consult-fd is designed for interactive searching, where what you type becomes the fd pattern. For a fixed command like yours, it's simpler to run fd once and hand the results to completing-read. Consult/Vertico (or whatever completion UI you use) gives you fuzzy selection automatically.

Put this in your config:

(defun my/config-files ()
  "Return a list of my important Emacs config files."
  (mapcar #'abbreviate-file-name
          (process-lines "fd" "-d" "1" "\\.el$"
                         (expand-file-name "~/.config/emacs")
                         (expand-file-name "~/.config/emacs/elisp"))))

(defun my/open-config-file ()
  "Fuzzy-pick one of my config files and open it."
  (inter…

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mohittguptaa · 2026-10-14T06:32:19Z

mohittguptaa
Oct 14, 2026

consult-fd is designed for interactive searching, where what you type becomes the fd pattern. For a fixed command like yours, it's simpler to run fd once and hand the results to completing-read. Consult/Vertico (or whatever completion UI you use) gives you fuzzy selection automatically.

Put this in your config:

(defun my/config-files ()
  "Return a list of my important Emacs config files."
  (mapcar #'abbreviate-file-name
          (process-lines "fd" "-d" "1" "\\.el$"
                         (expand-file-name "~/.config/emacs")
                         (expand-file-name "~/.config/emacs/elisp"))))

(defun my/open-config-file ()
  "Fuzzy-pick one of my config files and open it."
  (interactive)
  (find-file (completing-read "Config file: " (my/config-files) nil t)))

(keymap-global-set "C-c e" #'my/open-config-file)

Now C-c e shows the list and opens the file you pick.

Notes:

In elisp the regex .el$ is written "\\.el$". The escaped dot matches only a literal ..
expand-file-name turns ~ into a full path, because fd doesn't expand ~ when called from Emacs.

Combining several fd commands, as you mentioned: just append the lists:

(defun my/config-files ()
  (mapcar #'abbreviate-file-name
          (append
           (process-lines "fd" "-d" "1" "\\.el$"
                          (expand-file-name "~/.config/emacs")
                          (expand-file-name "~/.config/emacs/elisp"))
           (process-lines "fd" "-e" "org" "." (expand-file-name "~/org")))))

(If you're on Emacs older than 29, use (global-set-key (kbd "C-c e") #'my/open-config-file) instead of keymap-global-set.)

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