nsxiv-pipe

nsxiv-pipe

This script allows piping images into nsxiv via draining the pipe into a temp file. The temporary file will be automatically cleaned up on exit. $TMPDIR is respected if set.

Example usage:

$ curl 'https://link.to/image' | nsxiv-pipe
$ nsxiv-pipe < /path/to/image.png

zsh users

For zsh users, nsxiv-pipe is pretty pointless because zsh supports creating tmpfiles via process substitution. Examples using sxot to take screenshot and curl to download an image:

$ nsxiv =(sxot)
$ nsxiv =(curl 'https://codeberg.org/nsxiv/pages/raw/branch/master/img/logo.png')
$ nsxiv =(sxot) =(curl ...)    # works for multiple pipes too

Bash and many other shells do not have any such feature. Which is what nsxiv-pipe is supposed to tackle.

Authors

• mamg22
• NRK <nrk at disroot dot org>