Flag for hidden directory.

[itzcodex24]

Hi there, is the a way I can use the fzf command within the terminal to search for files excluding those in a directory specified.

Something like this is what I'm looking for:
fzf --hide node_modules/*

[LangLangBart]

• the feature would probably be rejected by the project's maintainer, since fzf's job is not to curate the list; this should be done by a preprocessor
  • refs:
    • Feature request: hide entries with a length longer than N characters #1763 (comment)
    • Mode to show/hide selected items #2095 (comment)
    • ... more junegunn/fzf/issues labeled wontfix

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Without STDIN pipe, fzf will use find command to fetch the list of files excluding hidden ones. (You can override the default command with FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND) Source: README.md#usage

• If you want to exclude the node_modules folder you need to set up the FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND, see the following post for more details: How can I force fzf to ignore multiple directories? #1625 (comment)

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• my setup for FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND using sharkdp/fd to ignore node_modules

# .zshrc
export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND="fd --hidden --follow --exclude '.{cache,DS_Store,gem,git,npm,parallel,Trash,vscode-oss}' --exclude '{Library,Music,node_modules,Pictures}/' --color always"