diff --git a/snippy b/snippy
index 3ce3629..5f6d7a1 100755
--- a/snippy
+++ b/snippy
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #  . {clipboard} placeholder to use current clipboard in snippet
 #  . {cursor} placeholder to place the cursor
 #  . ##noparse header in snippet to not parse
+#  . execute command begining by $
+#
 # augmented by "opennomad": https://gist.github.com/opennomad/15c4d624dce99066a82d
 # originally written by "mhwombat": https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=71938&p=2
 # Based on "snippy" by "sessy"
@@ -88,8 +90,8 @@ run(){
             content="$(bashdown < "${DIR}/${FILE}")"
         fi
         printf "%s" "$content" > $TMPFILE
-    else
-        ${FILE} &> $TMPFILE # execute as bashcommand
+    else [[ ${FILE} =~ ^$ ]]
+        ${FILE##*$} 2>/dev/null > $TMPFILE # execute as bashcommand
     fi
 
     local current_clip cursor