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"""
.. moduleauthor:: Eric Torres
.. module:: files-scripts.fzf
:synopsis: Helper functions for interacting with fzf
"""
# ========== Imports ==========
import shutil
import subprocess
import file_scripts.error as error
from pathlib import Path
# ========== Constants ==========
# ----- Commands -----
# Options: read null terminator, auto-select if one option, exit if no options, print null terminator
FZF_CMD = shutil.which("fzf")
FZF_OPTS = ["--read0", "--select-1", "--exit-0", "--print0"]
# ----- Misc. -----
LOCALE = "utf-8"
class FZFError(Exception):
pass
# ========== Functions ==========
def select_file_with_fzf(files):
"""Run fzf on a stream of searched files for the user to select.
:param files: stream of null-terminated files to read
:type files: bytes stream (stdout of a completed process)
:returns: selected file
:rtype: path-like object
:raises: FZFError if there was an error with fzf or no file was selected
"""
output = subprocess.run([FZF_CMD, *FZF_OPTS], input=files, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
try:
output.check_returncode()
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
raise FZFError(error.NO_FILE_SELECTED_MESSAGE) from e
else:
return Path(output.stdout.decode(LOCALE).strip("\x00"))