diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# ignore temp folder
+temp/
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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index 0000000..a4a0052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+	"python.formatting.provider": "black",
+	"editor.formatOnSave": true,
+	"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
+		"source.organizeImports": true
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
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index 0000000..d163cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poetry.lock
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+[[package]]
+name = "black"
+version = "21.12b0"
+description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6.2"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=7.1.2"
+mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
+pathspec = ">=0.9.0,<1"
+platformdirs = ">=2"
+tomli = ">=0.2.6,<2.0.0"
+typing-extensions = [
+    {version = ">=3.10.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""},
+    {version = "!=3.10.0.1", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\""},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
+d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)"]
+jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
+python2 = ["typed-ast (>=1.4.3)"]
+uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "click"
+version = "8.0.3"
+description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorama"
+version = "0.4.4"
+description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy-extensions"
+version = "0.4.3"
+description = "Experimental type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy typechecker."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pathspec"
+version = "0.9.0"
+description = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "platformdirs"
+version = "2.4.1"
+description = "A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["Sphinx (>=4)", "furo (>=2021.7.5b38)", "proselint (>=0.10.2)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.12)"]
+test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-cov (>=2.7)", "pytest-mock (>=3.6)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tomli"
+version = "1.2.3"
+description = "A lil' TOML parser"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "4.0.1"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.6+"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "1.1"
+python-versions = "^3.8"
+content-hash = "00236e48e1d312d9df085d1c384af9e0403e9b3fcb3d37fe2332823fdb2bc802"
+
+[metadata.files]
+black = [
+    {file = "black-21.12b0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a615e69ae185e08fdd73e4715e260e2479c861b5740057fde6e8b4e3b7dd589f"},
+    {file = "black-21.12b0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:77b80f693a569e2e527958459634f18df9b0ba2625ba4e0c2d5da5be42e6f2b3"},
+]
+click = [
+    {file = "click-8.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:353f466495adaeb40b6b5f592f9f91cb22372351c84caeb068132442a4518ef3"},
+    {file = "click-8.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:410e932b050f5eed773c4cda94de75971c89cdb3155a72a0831139a79e5ecb5b"},
+]
+colorama = [
+    {file = "colorama-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9f47eda37229f68eee03b24b9748937c7dc3868f906e8ba69fbcbdd3bc5dc3e2"},
+    {file = "colorama-0.4.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5941b2b48a20143d2267e95b1c2a7603ce057ee39fd88e7329b0c292aa16869b"},
+]
+mypy-extensions = [
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:090fedd75945a69ae91ce1303b5824f428daf5a028d2f6ab8a299250a846f15d"},
+    {file = "mypy_extensions-0.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d82818f5bb3e369420cb3c4060a7970edba416647068eb4c5343488a6c604a8"},
+]
+pathspec = [
+    {file = "pathspec-0.9.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7d15c4ddb0b5c802d161efc417ec1a2558ea2653c2e8ad9c19098201dc1c993a"},
+    {file = "pathspec-0.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e564499435a2673d586f6b2130bb5b95f04a3ba06f81b8f895b651a3c76aabb1"},
+]
+platformdirs = [
+    {file = "platformdirs-2.4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1d7385c7db91728b83efd0ca99a5afb296cab9d0ed8313a45ed8ba17967ecfca"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-2.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:440633ddfebcc36264232365d7840a970e75e1018d15b4327d11f91909045fda"},
+]
+tomli = [
+    {file = "tomli-1.2.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e3069e4be3ead9668e21cb9b074cd948f7b3113fd9c8bba083f48247aab8b11c"},
+    {file = "tomli-1.2.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:05b6166bff487dc068d322585c7ea4ef78deed501cc124060e0f238e89a9231f"},
+]
+typing-extensions = [
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7f001e5ac290a0c0401508864c7ec868be4e701886d5b573a9528ed3973d9d3b"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4ca091dea149f945ec56afb48dae714f21e8692ef22a395223bcd328961b6a0e"},
+]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[tool.poetry]
+name = "pyskim"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = ""
+authors = ["neelabalan <neelabalan.n@outlook.com>"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+black = "^21.12b0"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/pyskim.py b/pyskim.py
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index 0000000..839a261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyskim.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+from typing import List
+
+
+def skim(options: List = [], args: str = ""):
+    if not shutil.which("sk"):
+        print("skim not found in path")
+    options_str = "\n".join(options)
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", delete=True) as file:
+        file.write(options_str)
+        file.flush()
+        command = "cat {filename} | sk {args}".format(filename=file.name, args=args)
+        selected = subprocess.Popen(
+            command,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        ).communicate()[0]
+        return selected.decode("utf-8").strip().split("\n") if selected else ""