diff --git a/app/src/app.rs b/app/src/app.rs
index d59fd759..ef308dfa 100644
--- a/app/src/app.rs
+++ b/app/src/app.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use core::{emit, files::FilesOp, input::InputMode, Event};
-use std::os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt;
+use std::{ffi::OsString, os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt};
 
 use anyhow::{Ok, Result};
 use config::{keymap::{Control, Key, KeymapLayer}, BOOT};
@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ impl App {
 			}
 
 			Event::Open(targets, opener) => {
+				if let Some(p) = &BOOT.chooser_file {
+					let paths = targets.into_iter().fold(OsString::new(), |mut s, (p, _)| {
+						s.push(p);
+						s.push("\n");
+						s
+					});
+
+					std::fs::write(p, paths.as_bytes()).ok();
+					return emit!(Quit);
+				}
+
 				if let Some(opener) = opener {
 					tasks.file_open_with(&opener, &targets.into_iter().map(|(f, _)| f).collect::<Vec<_>>());
 				} else {
diff --git a/config/src/boot/boot.rs b/config/src/boot/boot.rs
index fbb68652..e15d8870 100644
--- a/config/src/boot/boot.rs
+++ b/config/src/boot/boot.rs
@@ -2,32 +2,51 @@ use std::{env, fs, os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt, path::{Path, PathBuf}, time::{se
 
 use clap::{command, Parser};
 use md5::{Digest, Md5};
+use shared::absolute_path;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Boot {
 	pub cwd:       PathBuf,
-	pub cwd_file:  Option<PathBuf>,
 	pub cache_dir: PathBuf,
 	pub state_dir: PathBuf,
+
+	pub cwd_file:     Option<PathBuf>,
+	pub chooser_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 #[command(name = "yazi")]
 #[command(version = "0.1.3")]
 struct Args {
+	/// Set the current working directory
+	#[arg(long, short)]
+	cwd: Option<PathBuf>,
+
 	/// Write the cwd on exit to this file
 	#[arg(long)]
-	cwd_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+	cwd_file:     Option<PathBuf>,
+	/// Write the selected files on open emitted by the chooser mode
+	#[arg(long)]
+	chooser_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl Default for Boot {
 	fn default() -> Self {
 		let args = Args::parse();
+
+		let cwd = args
+			.cwd
+			.map(|p| futures::executor::block_on(absolute_path(p)))
+			.and_then(|p| p.is_dir().then_some(p))
+			.or_else(|| env::current_dir().ok());
+
 		let boot = Self {
-			cwd:       env::current_dir().unwrap_or("/".into()),
-			cwd_file:  args.cwd_file,
+			cwd:       cwd.unwrap_or("/".into()),
 			cache_dir: env::temp_dir().join("yazi"),
 			state_dir: xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("yazi").unwrap().get_state_home(),
+
+			cwd_file:     args.cwd_file,
+			chooser_file: args.chooser_file,
 		};
 
 		if !boot.cache_dir.is_dir() {
diff --git a/core/src/external/clipboard.rs b/core/src/external/clipboard.rs
index e39813d5..48a426ac 100644
--- a/core/src/external/clipboard.rs
+++ b/core/src/external/clipboard.rs
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ pub async fn clipboard_set(s: &str) -> Result<()> {
 
 	bail!("failed to set clipboard")
 }
-
diff --git a/core/src/select/select.rs b/core/src/select/select.rs
index ca9a1626..fbd180e6 100644
--- a/core/src/select/select.rs
+++ b/core/src/select/select.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-use shared::tty_size;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender;
 
-use super::{SelectOpt, SELECT_PADDING};
+use super::SelectOpt;
 use crate::Position;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
diff --git a/core/src/which/mod.rs b/core/src/which/mod.rs
index 93c339a1..6bdddcdc 100644
--- a/core/src/which/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/which/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 mod which;
 
 pub use which::*;
-