pick

pick(1) reads a list of choices from stdin and outputs the selected choice to stdout. Therefore it is easily used both in pipelines and subshells:

# Select a file in the current directory to open using xdg-open(1):
$ find . -type f | pick | xargs xdg-open
# Select a command from the history to execute:
$ eval $(fc -ln 1 | pick)

pick(1) can also be used from within Vim, see the pick.vim plugin.

Installation

CRUX

Available in 6c37/crux-ports.

Debian and Ubuntu

A package for Pick is available As of Debian 9 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

apt-get install pick

Gentoo

Package is available from the official repo.

emerge pick

Void Linux

Package is available from the official repo.

xbps-install pick

Mac OS X via Homebrew

brew install pick

Mac OS X via MacPorts

sudo port install pick

FreeBSD via Ports

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/pick
make install clean

FreeBSD via pkgng

pkg install pick

NetBSD via pkgsrc

pkg_add pick

OpenBSD

pkg_add pick

From source

./configure
make install

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2019 Calle Erlandsson, Anton Lindqvist & thoughtbot.