From b5af9318678089e98020f531b7af62cd7559d3d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francois Fleuret Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:08:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Typos + added two examples. --- selector.1 | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/selector.1 b/selector.1 index 4be2622..042c1fb 100644 --- a/selector.1 +++ b/selector.1 @@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ case-insensitive modes. .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB-h\fR -display help and exits +display help and exit .TP \fB-m\fR force the monochrome mode .TP \fB-i\fR -invert the order of the lines +revert the order of the lines .TP \fB-b\fR remove the numeric prefix from bash history @@ -120,10 +120,21 @@ specify a file to search into (option kept for compatibility reasons) .SH "EXAMPLE" -To use selector to search into your bash history, you can use +To use selector to search into your bash history .B selector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l ${HISTSIZE} <(history) +To show a list of directories and insert a cd command to the selected +one (using @ as a separator) + +.B selector -v -x @ <(find . -type d | awk \(aq{print $1\(dq@cd \(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) + +.B selector -v -x ^A <(awk < something.txt \(aq{ print $0\(dq^A\(dqNR }\(aq) + .SH "KEYBINDING IN BASH" You can associate selector to a single key in bash by using the @@ -131,7 +142,7 @@ command 'bind' in your bash initialization file. For instance, to associate it to M-r (that is, the "Alt" and "r" key pressed together), just add something like -bind '"\\C-[r":"\\C-a\\C-kselector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l ${HISTSIZE} <(history)\\C-m"' +bind \(aq\(dq\\C-[r\(dq:\(dq\\C-a\\C-kselector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l ${HISTSIZE} <(history)\\C-m\(dq\(aq in your .IR ~/.bashrc . -- 2.20.1