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Expand Up @@ -444,6 +444,11 @@ you can use `export -f my_function` to make available to child processes. You wo
need to call `fd -x bash -c 'my_function "$1"' bash`. For other use cases or shells, use
a (temporary) shell script.

### Placeholders in `-x`/`-X`

Depending on your shell, you may need to quote the placeholders (`{}`, `{/}`, `{//}`,
`{.}`, `{/.}`) to prevent the shell from interpreting them before `fd` sees them.

## Integration with other programs

### Using fd with `fzf`
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