1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ar/.local/bin/dmenudelmusic b/ar/.local/bin/dmenudelmusic
index fce8db2..c28130a 100755
--- a/ar/.local/bin/dmenudelmusic
+++ b/ar/.local/bin/dmenudelmusic
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ playlist_dir="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/mpd/playlists"
 
 # Select the relative path. Sort the list so "first match" semantics in dmenu
 # are deterministic — otherwise filesystem order is unstable and typing a
-# substring (e.g. "성시경") can return whichever file find walked first.
+# substring can return whichever file find walked first.
 # `-not -path '*/.*'` skips hidden files (.music.txt, etc.); name filter limits to audio.
 selected_relpath=$(cd "$music_dir" && find . -type f -not -path '*/.*' \( -name '*.mp3' -o -name '*.m4a' -o -name '*.opus' -o -name '*.flac' -o -name '*.wav' -o -name '*.webm' \) | sed 's|^\./||' | LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 sort | dmenu -i -l 20 -p "Select a file to delete:") || exit 1
 [ -n "$selected_relpath" ] || exit 1
@@ -45,12 +45,18 @@ remove_id_from() {
 }
 
 if remove_id_from "$music_txt" && remove_id_from "$music_titles"; then
-	# Remove the relative path from playlists (-F avoids regex pitfalls with [], (), etc.)
+	# Remove the relative path from every playlist (entire.m3u + genre lists like
+	# jpop/kpop/pop). -F avoids regex pitfalls with [], (), etc.
+	# These .m3u files are symlinks into the dotfiles repo, so write the result
+	# back with `cat > "$playlist"` (which follows the symlink) instead of
+	# `mv`/`sed -i`, both of which would replace the symlink with a plain file.
 	for playlist in "$playlist_dir"/*.m3u; do
 		[ -e "$playlist" ] || continue
 		if grep -Fq "$selected_relpath" "$playlist"; then
-			grep -Fv "$selected_relpath" "$playlist" > "${playlist}.tmp" && mv "${playlist}.tmp" "$playlist"
-			sed -i '/^$/d' "$playlist"
+			_pl_tmp="$(mktemp)" || continue
+			grep -Fv "$selected_relpath" "$playlist" | sed '/^$/d' > "$_pl_tmp"
+			cat "$_pl_tmp" > "$playlist"
+			rm -f "$_pl_tmp"
 		fi
 	done