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README: Use --line-range instead of head in bat example (#2064)
* Use --line-range instead of head in bat example * README: extend preview section
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@ -529,9 +529,10 @@ See *KEY BINDINGS* section of the man page for details.
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### Preview window
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When `--preview` option is set, fzf automatically starts an external process with
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the current line as the argument and shows the result in the split window. Your
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`$SHELL` is used to execute the command with `$SHELL -c COMMAND`.
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When the `--preview` option is set, fzf automatically starts an external process
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with the current line as the argument and shows the result in the split window.
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Your `$SHELL` is used to execute the command with `$SHELL -c COMMAND`.
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The window can be scrolled using the mouse or custom key bindings.
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```bash
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# {} is replaced to the single-quoted string of the focused line
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@ -547,13 +548,12 @@ fzf --preview 'head -100 {}'
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```
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Preview window supports ANSI colors, so you can use any program that
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syntax-highlights the content of a file.
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- Bat: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
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- Highlight: http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php
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syntax-highlights the content of a file, such as
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[Bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) or
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[Highlight](http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php):
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```bash
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fzf --preview 'bat --style=numbers --color=always {} | head -500'
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fzf --preview 'bat --style=numbers --color=always --line-range :500 {}'
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```
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You can customize the size, position, and border of the preview window using
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@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ not a good idea to add `--preview` option to your `$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS`**.
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# *********************
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# ** DO NOT DO THIS! **
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# *********************
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export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--preview "bat --style=numbers --color=always {} | head -500"'
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export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--preview "bat --style=numbers --color=always --line-range :500 {}"'
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# bat doesn't work with any input other than the list of files
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ps -ef | fzf
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