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Try to think of it as an endless ls-cd loop with tons of automated functionality few keypresses away. Also, please try the type-to-nav mode in nnn.

Also, find/fzf etc. are useful as long as you are not on a slow disk and a mid-range Android device/the Pi. If you are saying you are OK with scanning the whole filesystem every time you are looking for something that can be anywhere under /, I simply don't prefer that.

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If you are saying you are OK with scanning the whole filesystem every time you are looking for something that can be anywhere under /

You can specify a target directory from which to start the search.

Bookmarks you mean. Yes, in nnn you can jump to the bookmark from anywhere and then press `Alt-O` (my preferred key) to start the search.

But you know what, let me share a smarter workflow:

  find . -iname "*.mp3" -print0 | nnn -p -

Now you list all yours mp3 files in nnn, examine/play them and finally get to cherry-pick some and print them to stdout when you quit nnn.

BTW, you can also run the find within nnn and list in nnn.

I see what you did there

If you're looking for something that can be anywhere under /, then the target directory needs to be /.

Yes, that's what I intended to convey.

> endless cd-ls loop

Better to have "chpwd() { ls }" in your .zshrc as this executes ls after cd'ing to save up on your infinite amount of ls typing.

That'll print the list of files even in a populated directory like /usr/bin and leave me at the prompt with the last few files listed above. As soon as you want the list of files not to go away so you can control/manage/examine them, you are talking of a file manager.

Who would regularly cd into /usr/bin/?

If you only work inside messy folders with hundreds of files all the time, maybe it's time to tidy up.

There can be other frequented examples, say, ~/Pictures.

Might as well "head" the output by 10 lines or something then.

Yes, where there is a will, there is a way! :)

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