McFly

mcfly

An intelligent shell history search tool.

Runs as mcfly|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 4 fields

Root has no options of its own; use the dump subcommand to export shell history.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui mcfly

`mcfly dump`

Dump history

Write McFly's command history to standard output as JSON or CSV, optionally filtered by time or regex.

Dump historyExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Dump everything

Filtered dump

sinceregexformat

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Since

Local time, e.g. 2023-01-01.
string

--since

Before (exclusive)

string

--before

Command regex

string

--regex-r

Format

JSON is the default.
enum

--formatcsv

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

mcfly dump --since '2023-01-01' --before '2023-09-12 09:15:30' You can specify **csv** as dump format via `--format csv` as well. mcfly dump -r '^cargo run' You can use `-r/--regex` and time options at the same time.

manual2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed mcfly against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.