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# dmenu
> Dynamic menu.
> Creates a menu from a text input with each item on a new line.
> More information: <https://manned.org/dmenu>.
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- Display a menu of the output of the `ls` command:
`{{ls}} | dmenu`
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- Display a menu with custom items separated by a new line (`\n`):
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`echo -e "{{red}}\n{{green}}\n{{blue}}" | dmenu`
- Let the user choose between multiple items and save the selected one to a file:
`echo -e "{{red}}\n{{green}}\n{{blue}}" | dmenu > {{color.txt}}`
- Launch dmenu on a specific monitor:
`ls | dmenu -m {{1}}`
- Display dmenu at the bottom of the screen:
`ls | dmenu -b`