From 4ddd048febef9e9098c8f5a19837a38c776b538b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick <patrickf3139@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:50:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] .cbcp plugin: output a more useful error message

---
 plugins/.cbcp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/plugins/.cbcp b/plugins/.cbcp
index 3a71927e..70f9b75c 100755
--- a/plugins/.cbcp
+++ b/plugins/.cbcp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 IFS="$(printf '%b_' '\n')"; IFS="${IFS%_}" # protect trailing \n
 
 selection=${NNN_SEL:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nnn/.selection}
+[ -s "$selection" ] || { echo "plugin .cbcp error: empty selection" >&2 ; exit 1; }
 
 if type xsel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Linux