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align = \"center\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/2kabhishek/dexe\"\u003edexe\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/2KAbhishek/dexe/blob/main/LICENSE\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"License\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/license/2kabhishek/dexe?style=flat\u0026color=eee\u0026label=\"\u003e \u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/2KAbhishek/dexe/graphs/contributors\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"People\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/2kabhishek/dexe?style=flat\u0026color=ffaaf2\u0026label=People\"\u003e \u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/2KAbhishek/dexe/stargazers\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"Stars\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/stars/2kabhishek/dexe?style=flat\u0026color=98c379\u0026label=Stars\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/2KAbhishek/dexe/network/members\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"Forks\" 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Features\n\n- List all executables in yqur PATH\n- List all aliases and functions defined in your shell\n- Powerful fuzzy finding with fzf\n- Glance over help info for any available executable\n- Easily integrates with neovim, shell, tmux and other tools\n\n## ⚡ Setup\n\n### ⚙️ Requirements\n\n- bash, fzf\n\n### 💻 Installation\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/dexe\ncd dexe\n# Link dexe to a directory that's in PATH (~/.local/bin here)\nln -sfnv \"$PWD/dexe.sh\" ~/.local/bin/dexe\n```\n\n## 🚀 Usage\n\n```bash\ndexe: Execute and Launch CLI Tools 🚀✨\n\nUsage: dexe [optional pass-through args]\n\ndexe --wait-before-exit -- Wait for input before exiting\ndexe -h, --help -- Display this help menu\n\ndexe README.md -- Run selected command with README.md\ndexe --verbose -- Run selected command with --verbose flag\n```\n\nUse the `--wait-before-exit` flag when you want to \"hold\" the session even after the command completes, useful in situations where the shell exits after command finishes.\n\n### Integrations\n\n- neovim:\n\nI use `dexe` mapped to \u003ckey\u003eLeader\u003c/key\u003e \u003ckey\u003et d\u003c/key\u003e in my [neovim which-key config](https://github.com/2kabhishek/nvim2k/blob/main/lua/plugins/tools/which-key.lua) with [termim.nvim](https://github.com/2kabhishek/termim.nvim)\n\nYou can add it using this in your which-key config:\n\n```lua\n    t = {\n        name = 'Terminal',\n        d = { '\u003ccmd\u003eSterm dexe\u003ccr\u003e', 'Exe Launcher' },\n        w = { '\u003ccmd\u003eSterm dexe --wait-before-exit\u003ccr\u003e', 'Exe Launcher, Wait' },\n    },\n```\n\n- tmux:\n\n`dexe` is mapped to \u003ckbd\u003eAlt\u003c/kbd\u003e + \u003ckbd\u003ed\u003c/kbd\u003e using [tmux-tilit](https://github.com/2kabhishek/tmux-tilit)\n\nYou can add it using this in your `tmux.conf`:\n\n```bash\nbind-key -n M-d run-shell \"dexe\"\n```\n\n- zsh:\n\n`dexe` is mapped to \u003ckbd\u003eCtrl\u003c/kbd\u003e + \u003ckbd\u003ed\u003c/kbd\u003e in my [zsh config](https://github.com/2KAbhishek/dots2k/blob/main/config/zsh/keys.zsh)\n\nYou can add it using this in your `.zshrc`\n\n```bash\nbindkey -s \"^d\" ' dexe^M ^M'\n```\n\n## 🏗️ What's Next\n\nYou tell me!\n\n## 🧑‍💻 Behind The Code\n\n### 🌈 Inspiration\n\nNeeded a quick way to run tools that runs both on macOS and Linux.\n\n### 💡 Challenges/Learnings\n\n- Writing pipes to parse all of the executables in PATH\n- Figuring out that configured aliases and functions only show up in interactive mode\n\n### 🧰 Tooling\n\n- [dots2k](https://github.com/2kabhishek/dots2k) — Dev Environment\n- [nvim2k](https://github.com/2kabhishek/nvim2k) — Personalized Editor\n- [sway2k](https://github.com/2kabhishek/sway2k) — Desktop Environment\n- [qute2k](https://github.com/2kabhishek/qute2k) — Personalized Browser\n\n### 🔍 More Info\n\n- [bare-minimum](https://github.com/2kabhishek/bare-minimum) — General purpose template\n- [tiny-web](https://github.com/2kabhishek/tiny-web) — Web app 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