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## Features
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- Lists and executes available binaries
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- Lists and executes .desktop files (entries as well as actions)
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- Does not depend on `xdg-utils`. Just pure bash and `awk`
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- Does not depend on `xdg-utils`. Just pure bash and `awk` (specifically gawk)
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- Shows a preview window containing `whatis` info of binaries and the `Comment=` section of .desktop files
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- History support which will highlight recently used entries
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- Colored output and glyphs for the different entry types
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## Installation
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Make sure you have `fzf` installed and download this repository.
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Make sure you have `fzf` and `awk` installed and download this repository.
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To be precise, the script specifically depends on GNU awk (`gawk`) so check what flavour your distribution provides.
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Arch Linux users can also grab it from the AUR (thanks @turtlewit)
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* [sway-launcher-desktop](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sway-launcher-desktop/)

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