use more compact layout - iomenu - interactive terminal-based selection menu
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HTML Author: Josuah Demangeon <mail@josuah.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:29:56 +0100
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.Dd aug 21, 2017
.Dt IOMENU 1
.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm iomenu
.Nd interactive selection menu
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
.Op Fl #
.Op Fl p Ar prompt
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
is an interactive filtering and selection tool for the terminal.
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.Pp
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It reads lines from standard input, and prompt for a selection.
The selected line is printed to standard output.
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.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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.It Fl p Ar prompt
Set the prompt to display at the beginning of the input to
.Ar prompt .
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.It Fl #
If a line starts with
.Li # ,
.Nm
will interprete it as a header, which always matches, and can not be
printed.
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.Pp
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.Sh KEY BINDINGS
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An active selection is highlighted, and can be controlled with keybindings.
As printable keys are entered, the lines are filtered to match each
word from the input.
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.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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.It Ic Up Ns , Ic Down Ns , Ic Ctrl + p Ns , Ic Ctrl + n
Move selection to the previous/next item.
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.It Ic PageUp Ns , Ic PageDown Ns , Ic Alt + v Ns , Ic Ctrl + v
Move one page up or down.
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.It Ic Ctrl + m Ns , Ic Ctrl + j Ns , Ic Enter
Print the selection to the standard output, and exit 0.
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.It Ic Ctrl + h Ns , Ic Bakcspace
Remove last character from current input.
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.It Ic Ctrl + w
Remove last word from current input.
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.It Ic Ctrl + u
Remove the whole input string.
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.It Ic Ctrl + i Ns , Ic Tab
Fill the input with current selection.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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-Open a bookmark from a list in a text file:
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-.Bd -literal -offset XX
-iomenu < bookmarks-urls.txt | xargs firefox
-.Ed
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-.Pp
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Go to a subdirectory:
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.Bd -literal -offset XX
cd "$(find . -type d | iomenu)"
.Ed
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.Pp
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Edit a file located in
.Ev HOME :
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.Bd -literal -offset XX
-EDITOR "$(find "$HOME" -type f | iomenu -l 255)"
+$EDITOR "$(find "$HOME" -type f | iomenu)"
.Ed
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.Pp
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Play an audio file:
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.Bd -literal -offset XX
mplayer "$(find ~/Music | iomenu)"
.Ed
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.Pp
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Select a background job to attach to:
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.Bd -literal -offset XX
fg "%$(jobs | iomenu | cut -c 2)"
.Ed
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.Pp
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Filter "ps" output and print a process ID
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.Bd -literal -offset XX
-{ printf '# '; ps ax; } | iomenu -l 255 -s | sed -r 's/ *([0-9]*).*/\1/'
+{ printf '#'; ps ax; } | iomenu -# | sed -r 's/ *([0-9]*).*/\1/'
.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr dmenu 1 ,
.Xr slmenu 1 ,
.Xr vis-menu 1
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-.Sh BUGS
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-.Nm
-currently only support ASCII characters.
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.Sh AUTORS
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-.Nm
-was written from scratch by
.An Josuah Demangeon Aq Mt mail@josuah.net
-with the help of
-.Xr dmenu 1
-and
-.Xr vis-menu 1
-as models.