diff --git a/.config/kak/scripts/kakfilter.sh b/.config/kak/scripts/kakfilter.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f5b45b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/kak/scripts/kakfilter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# check for filter string
+while getopts "f:" opt; do
+    case "$opt" in
+        f)
+            filter="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
+        h)
+            echo "kakfilter -f <keys> [<file>]"
+            echo "like kak -f, but supports commands"
+            echo "accepts file over stdin or as argument"
+            echo "applies <percent><keys> and prints buffer content to stdout"
+            echo "kakrc is not loaded"
+        \?)
+            echo "Invalid option"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+if [ -z "$filter" ]; then
+    echo "No filter!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+tempdir="$(mktemp -d kakpipe-XXXXXX)"
+fifo="${tempdir}/fifo"
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    input="$(mktemp -p ${tempdir} input.XXXXXX)"
+    cat >"$input"
+else
+    input="$1"
+fi
+
+kak -n -e "exec <percent>; execute-keys \"$filter\"; execute-keys <esc>; write $fifo; quit!" "$input"
+cat "$fifo"
+# cleanup
+rm -r "$tempdir"
diff --git a/.config/kak/scripts/kakpipe.sh b/.config/kak/scripts/kakpipe.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b5826667..00000000
--- a/.config/kak/scripts/kakpipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# check for filter string
-while getopts "f:" opt; do
-    case "$opt" in
-        f)
-            filter="$OPTARG"
-            ;;
-        \?)
-            echo "Invalid option"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ -z "$filter" ]; then
-    echo "No filter!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-tempdir="$(mktemp -d kakpipe-XXXXXX)"
-fifo="${tempdir}/fifo"
-
-# cleanup
-rm -r "$tempdir"