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| author |  Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com> | 2018-02-24 08:33:22 +0530 |
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| committer | Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com> | 2018-02-24 08:56:44 +0530 |
| commit | d0a08ca173012888fb83d5f1981a38b05ea3c40c (patch) | |
| tree | af2ca347ebd926b1755d0ef633690da3762a927d | |
| parent | b22d8c32f9657124a5d67db9e62aa30e704e583e (diff) | |
| download | nnn-d0a08ca173012888fb83d5f1981a38b05ea3c40c.tar.gz | |
Document file path copy usage sans clipboard
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nnn.1 | 5 |
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@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Have fun with it! PRs are welcome. Check out [#1](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/i - [use cd .....](#use-cd-) - [cd on quit](#cd-on-quit) - [copy file paths to clipboard](#copy-file-paths-to-clipboard) + - [copy file paths when X is missing](#copy-file-paths-when-x-is-missing) - [change dir color](#change-dir-color) - [file copy, move, delete](#file-copy-move-delete) - [boost chdir prompt](#boost-chdir-prompt) @@ -376,6 +377,34 @@ To wrap each file path within single quotes, export `NNN_QUOTE_ON`: export NNN_QUOTE_ON=1 This is particularly useful if you are planning to copy the whole string to the shell to run a command. Quotes can be toggled at runtime using <kbd>^T</kbd>. +#### copy file paths when X is missing + +A very common scenario on headless remote servers connected via SSH. As the clipboard is missing, `nnn` copies the path names to the tmp file `/tmp/nnncp`. + +To use the copied paths from the cmdline, use command substitution: + + # bash/zsh + ls -ltr `cat /tmp/nnncp` + ls -ltr $(cat /tmp/nnncp) + + # fish + ls -ltr (cat /tmp/nnncp) + +An alias may be handy: + + alias ncp='cat /tmp/nnncp' + +so you can - + + # bash/zsh + ls -ltr `ncp` + ls -ltr $(ncp) + + # fish + ls -ltr (ncp) + +Note that you may want to keep quotes disabled in this case. + #### change dir color The default color for directories is blue. Option `-c` accepts color codes from 0 to 7 to use a different color: @@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ screensaver. ------------------------------------- .Ed .Pp +\fBNNN_NO_X:\fR X display is unavailable. Copy file path(s) to \fI/tmp/nnncp\fR. +.Bd -literal + export NNN_NO_X=1 +.Ed +.Pp \fBNNN_NOWAIT:\fR necessary only if nnn blocks while a file is open. .Bd -literal export NNN_NOWAIT=1 |