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dmenu

 
Dynamic menu. Creates a menu from a text input with each item on a new line. More information: https://manned.org/dmenu.
 
  • Display a menu of the output of the ls command:
     
    {{ls}} | dmenu
     
  • Display a menu with custom items separated by a new line (\n):
     
    echo -e "{{red}}\n{{green}}\n{{blue}}" | dmenu
     
  • Let the user choose between multiple items and save the selected one to a file:
     
    echo -e "{{red}}\n{{green}}\n{{blue}}" | dmenu > {{color.txt}}
     
  • Launch dmenu on a specific monitor:
     
    ls | dmenu -m {{1}}
     
  • Display dmenu at the bottom of the screen:
     
    ls | dmenu -b

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