Using the label separator \n indicates that labels and strings to return are on alter...

[selector.git] / selector.1

diff --git a/selector.1 b/selector.1
index 17e867f..5b54665 100644 (file)
--- a/selector.1
+++ b/selector.1
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ specify the character to separate the substrings in the search pattern
 .TP
 \fB-x \fI<separator>\fR, \fB--label-separator \fI<separator>\fR
 specify the character to separate what to show to the user during the
-selection from the line to return
+selection from the line to return. If the provided separator is "\\n",
+the lines to show to the user alternate with the lines to return
 .TP
 \fB-l \fI<number>\fR, \fB--number-of-lines \fI<number>\fR
 specify the maximum number of lines to take into account
@@ -152,15 +153,13 @@ To use selector to search into your bash history
 .B selector -q --bash <(history)
 
 To show a list of directories and insert a cd command to the selected
-one (using @ as a separator)
+one
 
-.B selector -v -x @ <(find . -type d | awk \(aq{print $0\(dq@cd \(dq$0}\(aq)
+.B selector -v -x \(dq\\\\n\(dq <(find . -type d | awk \(aq{print $0\(dq\\\\ncd \(dq$0}\(aq)
 
-To select a line in a long text and returns the line number (this
-command uses ^A as a separator, hence there will be problems if the
-file contains ^A)
+To select a line in a long text and returns the line number
 
-.B selector -v -x ^A <(awk < something.txt \(aq{ print $0\(dq^A\(dqNR }\(aq)
+.B selector -v -x \(dq\\\\n\(dq <(awk < something.txt \(aq{ print $0\(dq\\\\n\(dqNR }\(aq)
 
 .SH "BUGS"