@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ void run(tty_t *tty){

 static const char *usage_str = ""

 "USAGE: fzy [OPTION]...\n"

+" -e, --show-matches=QUERY output the sorted matches of QUERY\n"

 " -s, --show-scores        show the scores of each match\n"

 " -h, --help     display this help and exit\n"

 " -v, --version  output version information and exit\n";

@@ -233,14 +234,15 @@ void usage(const char *argv0){

 }

 static struct option longopts[] = {

+	{ "show-matches", required_argument, NULL, 'e' },

 	{ "show-scores", no_argument, NULL, 's' },

 	{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },

 	{ "help",    no_argument, NULL, 'h' },

 	{ NULL,      0,           NULL, 0 }

 };

-

 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

+	char *initial_query = NULL;

 	char c;

 	while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "vhs", longopts, NULL)) != -1){

 		switch(c){

@@ -250,6 +252,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 			case 's':

 				flag_show_scores = 1;

 				break;

+			case 'e':

+				initial_query = optarg;

+				break;

 			case 'h':

 			default:

 				usage(argv[0]);

@@ -260,14 +265,25 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 		usage(argv[0]);

 	}

-	tty_t tty;

-	tty_init(&tty);

-

 	resize_choices(INITIAL_CAPACITY);

 	read_choices();

-	clear(&tty);

-	run(&tty);

+	if(initial_query){

+		run_search(initial_query);

+		for(size_t i = 0; i < choices_available; i++){

+			size_t choice_idx = choices_sorted[i];

+			if(flag_show_scores)

+				printf("%f\t", choices_score[choice_idx]);

+			printf("%s\n", choices[choice_idx]);

+		}

+	}else{

+		/* interactive */

+		tty_t tty;

+		tty_init(&tty);

+

+		clear(&tty);

+		run(&tty);

+	}

 	return 0;

 }