Questions tagged [nnn]
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Strange escape sequences in terminal
I have kitty, and I use nnn as file manager.
I actiavted the "preview-tui" plugin in nnn.
When I hover over a folder, I see something like this:
What are those strange escape sequences?
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How to Copy Text of a Filename Using nnn File Manager
Using nnn (which is a terminal-based file manager), how can you copy the text of a file or folder's name to the clipboard?
For your convenience, this will install and launch nnn in Debian (if you'd like to help me figure it out):
sudo apt install…
Lonnie Best
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Recover Directory imediatly after failed 'nnn' (filebrowser) renaming
After building a local data-server with a bunch of older hard drives on one HDD I've observed that I had switched the naming of two directories. With the 'nnn' file-browser (with the 'r' keybinding, which calls the 'vi' editor in which you can…
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Preserving environment variables (custom shell prompts) in nnn subshells
I run two different terminal emulators with different zsh prompts depending on whether I am in one or the other (with the second being the "default"):
TERM_EMU=$(ps --pid $(ps --pid $$ -o ppid=) -o comm=)
if [ $TERM_EMU = 'term1' ]; then
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Andrii Kozytskyi
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How to Open a File with SUDO from within nnn File Manager
While using nnn, I need to edit a file that requires sudo privileges.
I love that I'm able to navigate quickly to the file I want to edit using nnn, and how it immediately opens the file in my editor. Yet upon making modifications, I cannot save the…
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