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authorGravatar Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>2020-06-09 10:44:09 +0530
committerGravatar Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>2020-06-09 11:44:20 +0530
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@@ -278,16 +278,20 @@ file from selection after you navigate away from its directory. Editing doesn't
end the selection mode. You can add more files to the selection and edit the
list again. If no file is selected in the current session, this option attempts
to list the selection file.
-.Sh LIST INPUT
-.Nm
-can receive a list of NUL-separated ('\\0') file paths as input. Paths and can
-be relative to the current directory or absolute.
+.Sh FIND AND LIST
+There are two ways to search and list:
+.Pp
+- feed a list of file paths as input
+.br
+- search using a plugin (e.g. \fIfinder\fR) and list the results
.Pp
-Input is limited by 65,536 paths or 256 MiB of input.
+File paths must be NUL-separated ('\\0'). Paths and can be relative to the
+current directory or absolute. Invalid paths in the input are ignored. Input
+is limited by 65,536 paths or 256 MiB of input.
.Pp
-Start
+To list the input stream, start
.Nm
-in this mode by writing to its standard input. E.g., to list files in current
+by writing to its standard input. E.g., to list files in current
directory larger than
1M:
.Bd -literal
@@ -315,8 +319,6 @@ targets, after which they might become invalid.
.Pp
Right arrow or 'l' on a symlink in the listing dir takes to the target file.
Press '-' to return to the listing dir. Press 'Enter' to open the symlink.
-.Pp
-\fBInvalid paths in the input are ignored.\fR
.Sh UNITS
The minimum file size unit is byte (B). The rest are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y
(powers of 1024), same as the default units in \fIls\fR.