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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Directory where your snippets are stored | |
| SNIPPET_DIR="$HOME/snippets" | |
| # Ensure fzf is installed | |
| if ! command -v fzf &>/dev/null; then | |
| echo "fzf is required but not installed." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Use fzf to select a snippet, allowing Ctrl-E to edit the selected file | |
| snippet=$(find "$SNIPPET_DIR" -type f | | |
| fzf --prompt="Select snippet: " \ | |
| --preview "bat --style=plain --color=always {}" \ | |
| --bind "ctrl-e:execute($EDITOR {} > /dev/tty && echo {} && kill -SIGSTOP $$)") | |
| [[ -z $snippet ]] && exit 1 | |
| # Ask for target path | |
| default_name=$(basename $snippet) | |
| read -rp "Enter target path and name [${default_name}]: " target_path | |
| [[ -z $target_path ]] && target_path=${default_name} | |
| # Copy snippet | |
| cp "$snippet" "$target_path" | |
| # Open in editor | |
| nvim "$target_path" |
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