Sample scripts to convert NUL to newline

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- [Leader key](#leader-key)
- [Contexts](#contexts)
- [Directory color](#directory-color)
- [Selection](#selection)
- [Filters](#filters)
- [Navigate-as-you-type mode](#navigate-as-you-type-mode)
- [File indicators](#file-indicators)
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- [How to](#how-to)
- [add bookmarks](#add-bookmarks)
- [copy file paths](#copy-file-paths)
- [selection](#selection)
- [to clipboard](#to-clipboard)
- [get selection manually](#get-selection-manually)
- [cd on quit](#cd-on-quit)
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export NNN_CONTEXT_COLORS="1234"
colors: 0-black, 1-red, 2-green, 3-yellow, 4-blue (default), 5-magenta, 6-cyan, 7-white
#### Selection
Use <kbd>^K</kbd> to copy the absolute path of the file under the cursor.
To copy multiple absolute file paths:
- press <kbd>^Y</kbd> (or <kbd>Y</kbd>) to enter selection mode. In this mode it's possible to
- cherry-pick individual files one by one by pressing <kbd>^K</kbd> on each entry (works across directories and contexts); or,
- navigate to another file in the same directory to select a range of files
- press <kbd>^Y</kbd> (or <kbd>Y</kbd>) _again_ to copy the paths and exit the selection mode
The files in the list can now be copied (<kbd>P</kbd>), moved (<kbd>V</kbd>) or removed (<kbd>X</kbd>).
To list the file paths copied to memory press <kbd>y</kbd>.
File paths are copied to the temporary file `DIR/.nnncp`, where `DIR` (by priority) is:
$HOME or,
$TMPDIR or,
/tmp
The path is shown in the help and configuration screen.
#### Filters
Filters support regexes to instantly (search-as-you-type) list the matching entries in the current directory.
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#### copy file paths
##### selection
Use <kbd>^K</kbd> to copy the absolute path of the file under the cursor.
To copy multiple absolute file paths:
- press <kbd>^Y</kbd> (or <kbd>Y</kbd>) to enter selection mode. In this mode it's possible to
- cherry-pick individual files one by one by pressing <kbd>^K</kbd> on each entry (works across directories and contexts); or,
- navigate to another file in the same directory to select a range of files
- press <kbd>^Y</kbd> (or <kbd>Y</kbd>) _again_ to copy the paths and exit the selection mode
The files in the list can now be copied (<kbd>P</kbd>), moved (<kbd>V</kbd>) or removed (<kbd>X</kbd>).
To list the file paths copied to memory press <kbd>y</kbd>.
File paths are copied to the temporary file `DIR/.nnncp`, where `DIR` (by priority) is:
$HOME or,
$TMPDIR or,
/tmp
The path is shown in the help and configuration screen..
To use the copied paths from the cmdline, use command substitution. For example, if `DIR` above is `/home/user`:
# bash/zsh
ls -ltr `cat /home/user/.nnncp`
ls -ltr $(cat /home/user/.nnncp)
# fish
ls -ltr (cat /home/user/.nnncp)
An alias may be handy, e.g. when you want to copy selection at the _run a command_ prompt:
alias ncp='cat /home/user/.nnncp'
so you can easily handle files together:
# bash/zsh
ls -ltr `ncp`
ls -ltr $(ncp)
# fish
ls -ltr (ncp)
##### to clipboard
Along with default copy, `nnn` can pipe the absolute path of the current file or multiple files to a copier script. For example, you can use `xsel` on Linux or `pbcopy` on macOS. Here's a sample [copier script](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/master/scripts/user-scripts/copier.sh).
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##### get selection manually
To get a space-separated list of the file paths in selection, say at the command-prompt:
NOTE: In the following examples we assume the copy file is at `~/.nnncp`.
The file paths are `NUL`-terminated, so additional processing is required to make them usable.
To get a space-separated list of the file paths in selection:
cat ~/.nnncp | xargs -0 echo
Set an easy to remember alias:
To get a newline-separated list of the file paths in selection:
alias ncp="cat ~/.nnncp | xargs -0 echo"
# bash/zsh
ls -ltr `cat /home/user/.nnncp | tr '\0' '\n'`
ls -ltr $(cat /home/user/.nnncp | tr '\0' '\n')
# fish
ls -ltr (cat /home/user/.nnncp | tr '\0' '\n')
An alias may be handy, e.g. when you want to copy selection at the _run a command_ prompt:
alias ncp="cat /home/user/.nnncp | tr '\0' '\n'"
so you can easily handle files together:
# bash/zsh
ls -ltr `ncp`
ls -ltr $(ncp)
# fish
ls -ltr (ncp)
To get the list in a file:

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#!/bin/sh
#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Linux
cat ~/.nnncp | xargs -0 | xsel -bi

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#!/bin/bash
#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Description: Pick files and pipe the line-separated list to another utility
#
# Shell: bash
# Shell: sh
# Author: Arun Prakash Jana
#
# Usage:
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#
# NOTE: This use case is limited to picking files, other functionality may not work as expected.
nnn -p /tmp/pickerout
> /tmp/picked
while read -d $'\0' line ; do
echo $line >> /tmp/picked
done < /tmp/pickerout
echo $line >> /tmp/picked
cat /tmp/picked
rm /tmp/pickerout /tmp/picked
nnn -p /tmp/picked
cat /tmp/picked | tr '\0' '\n'
rm /tmp/picked