annotate man/dired.texi @ 37870:af5fdc3ea5b5

Minor clarifications.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000
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3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @node Dired, Calendar/Diary, Rmail, Top
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6 @chapter Dired, the Directory Editor
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7 @cindex Dired
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8 @cindex file management
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10 Dired makes an Emacs buffer containing a listing of a directory, and
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11 optionally some of its subdirectories as well. You can use the normal
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12 Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired commands
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13 to operate on the files listed.
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14
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15 The Dired-X package provides various extra features for Dired mode.
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16 @xref{Dired-X,,,dired-x, Dired Extra Version 2 User's Manual}.
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17
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18 @menu
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19 * Enter: Dired Enter. How to invoke Dired.
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20 * Commands: Dired Commands. Commands in the Dired buffer.
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21 * Deletion: Dired Deletion. Deleting files with Dired.
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22 * Flagging Many Files:: Flagging files based on their names.
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23 * Visit: Dired Visiting. Other file operations through Dired.
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24 * Marks vs Flags:: Flagging for deletion vs marking.
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25 * Operating on Files:: How to copy, rename, print, compress, etc.
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26 either one file or several files.
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27 * Shell Commands in Dired:: Running a shell command on the marked files.
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28 * Transforming File Names:: Using patterns to rename multiple files.
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29 * Comparison in Dired:: Running `diff' by way of Dired.
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30 * Subdirectories in Dired:: Adding subdirectories to the Dired buffer.
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31 * Subdirectory Motion:: Moving across subdirectories, and up and down.
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32 * Hiding Subdirectories:: Making subdirectories visible or invisible.
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33 * Updating: Dired Updating. Discarding lines for files of no interest.
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34 * Find: Dired and Find. Using `find' to choose the files for Dired.
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35 @end menu
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36
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37 @node Dired Enter
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38 @section Entering Dired
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39
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40 @findex dired
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41 @kindex C-x d
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42 @vindex dired-listing-switches
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43 To invoke Dired, do @kbd{C-x d} or @kbd{M-x dired}. The command reads
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44 a directory name or wildcard file name pattern as a minibuffer argument
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45 to specify which files to list. Where @code{dired} differs from
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46 @code{list-directory} is in putting the buffer into Dired mode so that
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47 the special commands of Dired are available.
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48
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49 The variable @code{dired-listing-switches} specifies the options to
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50 give to @code{ls} for listing directory; this string @emph{must} contain
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51 @samp{-l}. If you use a numeric prefix argument with the @code{dired}
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52 command, you can specify the @code{ls} switches with the minibuffer
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53 before you enter the directory specification.
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54
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55 @findex dired-other-window
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56 @kindex C-x 4 d
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57 @findex dired-other-frame
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58 @kindex C-x 5 d
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59 To display the Dired buffer in another window rather than in the
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60 selected window, use @kbd{C-x 4 d} (@code{dired-other-window}) instead
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61 of @kbd{C-x d}. @kbd{C-x 5 d} (@code{dired-other-frame}) uses a
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62 separate frame to display the Dired buffer.
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63
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64 @node Dired Commands
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65 @section Commands in the Dired Buffer
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66
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67 The Dired buffer is ``read-only,'' and inserting text in it is not
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68 useful, so ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are
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69 used for special Dired commands. Some Dired commands @dfn{mark} or
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70 @dfn{flag} the @dfn{current file} (that is, the file on the current
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71 line); other commands operate on the marked files or on the flagged
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72 files.
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73
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74 @kindex C-n @r{(Dired)}
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75 @kindex C-p @r{(Dired)}
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76 All the usual Emacs cursor motion commands are available in Dired
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77 buffers. Some special-purpose cursor motion commands are also
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78 provided. The keys @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} are redefined to put the
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79 cursor at the beginning of the file name on the line, rather than at the
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80 beginning of the line.
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81
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82 @kindex SPC @r{(Dired)}
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83 For extra convenience, @key{SPC} and @kbd{n} in Dired are equivalent
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84 to @kbd{C-n}. @kbd{p} is equivalent to @kbd{C-p}. (Moving by lines is
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85 so common in Dired that it deserves to be easy to type.) @key{DEL}
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86 (move up and unflag) is often useful simply for moving up.
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87
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88 @node Dired Deletion
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89 @section Deleting Files with Dired
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90 @cindex flagging files (in Dired)
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91 @cindex deleting files (in Dired)
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92
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93 The primary use of Dired is to @dfn{flag} files for deletion and then
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94 delete the files previously flagged.
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95
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96 @table @kbd
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97 @item d
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98 Flag this file for deletion.
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99 @item u
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100 Remove deletion flag on this line.
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101 @item @key{DEL}
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102 Move point to previous line and remove the deletion flag on that line.
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103 @item x
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104 Delete the files that are flagged for deletion.
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105 @end table
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106
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107 @kindex d @r{(Dired)}
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108 @findex dired-flag-file-deletion
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109 You can flag a file for deletion by moving to the line describing the
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110 file and typing @kbd{d} (@code{dired-flag-file-deletion}). The deletion flag is visible as a @samp{D} at
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111 the beginning of the line. This command moves point to the next line,
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112 so that repeated @kbd{d} commands flag successive files. A numeric
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113 argument serves as a repeat count.
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114
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115 @vindex dired-recursive-deletes
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116 The variable @code{dired-recursive-deletes} controls whether the
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117 delete command will delete non-empty directories (including their
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118 contents). The default is to delete only empty directories.
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119
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120 @kindex u @r{(Dired deletion)}
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121 @kindex DEL @r{(Dired)}
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122 The files are flagged for deletion rather than deleted immediately to
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123 reduce the danger of deleting a file accidentally. Until you direct
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124 Dired to delete the flagged files, you can remove deletion flags using
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125 the commands @kbd{u} and @key{DEL}. @kbd{u} (@code{dired-unmark}) works
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126 just like @kbd{d}, but removes flags rather than making flags.
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127 @key{DEL} (@code{dired-unmark-backward}) moves upward, removing flags;
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128 it is like @kbd{u} with argument @minus{}1.
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129
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130 @kindex x @r{(Dired)}
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131 @findex dired-do-flagged-delete
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132 @cindex expunging (Dired)
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133 To delete the flagged files, type @kbd{x} (@code{dired-do-flagged-delete}).
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134 (This is also known as @dfn{expunging}.)
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135 This command first displays a list of all the file names flagged for
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136 deletion, and requests confirmation with @kbd{yes}. If you confirm,
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137 Dired deletes the flagged files, then deletes their lines from the text
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138 of the Dired buffer. The shortened Dired buffer remains selected.
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139
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140 If you answer @kbd{no} or quit with @kbd{C-g} when asked to confirm, you
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141 return immediately to Dired, with the deletion flags still present in
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142 the buffer, and no files actually deleted.
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143
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144 @node Flagging Many Files
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145 @section Flagging Many Files at Once
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146 @cindex flagging many files for deletion (in Dired)
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147
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148 @table @kbd
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149 @item #
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150 Flag all auto-save files (files whose names start and end with @samp{#})
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151 for deletion (@pxref{Auto Save}).
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152
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153 @item ~
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154 Flag all backup files (files whose names end with @samp{~}) for deletion
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155 (@pxref{Backup}).
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156
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157 @item &
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158 Flag for deletion all files with certain kinds of names, names that
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159 suggest you could easily create the files again.
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160
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161 @item .@: @r{(Period)}
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162 Flag excess numeric backup files for deletion. The oldest and newest
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163 few backup files of any one file are exempt; the middle ones are
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164 flagged.
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165
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166 @item % d @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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167 Flag for deletion all files whose names match the regular expression
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168 @var{regexp}.
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169 @end table
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170
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171 The @kbd{#}, @kbd{~}, @kbd{&}, and @kbd{.} commands flag many files for
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172 deletion, based on their file names. These commands are useful
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173 precisely because they do not themselves delete any files; you can
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174 remove the deletion flags from any flagged files that you really wish to
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175 keep.@refill
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176
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177 @kindex & @r{(Dired)}
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178 @findex dired-flag-garbage-files
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179 @vindex dired-garbage-files-regexp
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180 @cindex deleting some backup files
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181 @kbd{&} (@code{dired-flag-garbage-files}) flags files whose names
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182 match the regular expression specified by the variable
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183 @code{dired-garbage-files-regexp}. By default, this matches certain
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184 files produced by @TeX{}, @samp{.bak} files, and the @samp{.orig} and
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185 @samp{.rej} files produced by @code{patch}.
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186
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187 @kindex # @r{(Dired)}
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188 @kindex ~ @r{(Dired)}
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189 @findex dired-flag-auto-save-files
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190 @findex dired-flag-backup-files
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191 @cindex deleting auto-save files
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192 @kbd{#} (@code{dired-flag-auto-save-files}) flags for deletion all
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193 files whose names look like auto-save files (@pxref{Auto Save})---that
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194 is, files whose names begin and end with @samp{#}. @kbd{~}
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195 (@code{dired-flag-backup-files}) flags for deletion all files whose
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196 names say they are backup files (@pxref{Backup})---that is, whose names
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197 end in @samp{~}.
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198
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199 @kindex . @r{(Dired)}
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200 @vindex dired-kept-versions
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201 @findex dired-clean-directory
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202 @kbd{.} (period, @code{dired-clean-directory}) flags just some of the
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203 backup files for deletion: all but the oldest few and newest few backups
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204 of any one file. Normally @code{dired-kept-versions} (@strong{not}
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205 @code{kept-new-versions}; that applies only when saving) specifies the
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206 number of newest versions of each file to keep, and
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207 @code{kept-old-versions} specifies the number of oldest versions to
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208 keep.
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209
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210 Period with a positive numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u 3 .},
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211 specifies the number of newest versions to keep, overriding
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212 @code{dired-kept-versions}. A negative numeric argument overrides
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213 @code{kept-old-versions}, using minus the value of the argument to
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214 specify the number of oldest versions of each file to keep.
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215
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216 @findex dired-flag-files-regexp
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217 @kindex % d @r{(Dired)}
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218 The @kbd{% d} command flags all files whose names match a specified
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220 non-directory part of the file name is used in matching. You can use
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221 @samp{^} and @samp{$} to anchor matches. You can exclude subdirectories
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222 by hiding them (@pxref{Hiding Subdirectories}).
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223
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224 @node Dired Visiting
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225 @section Visiting Files in Dired
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226
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227 There are several Dired commands for visiting or examining the files
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228 listed in the Dired buffer. All of them apply to the current line's
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229 file; if that file is really a directory, these commands invoke Dired on
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230 that subdirectory (making a separate Dired buffer).
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231
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232 @table @kbd
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233 @item f
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234 @kindex f @r{(Dired)}
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235 @findex dired-find-file
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236 Visit the file described on the current line, like typing @kbd{C-x C-f}
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237 and supplying that file name (@code{dired-find-file}). @xref{Visiting}.
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238
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239 @item @key{RET}
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240 @kindex RET @r{(Dired)}
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241 Equivalent to @kbd{f}.
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243 @item a
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244 @kindex a @r{(Dired)}
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245 @findex dired-find-alternate-file
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246 Like @kbd{f}, but replaces the contents of the Dired buffer with
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250 @kindex o @r{(Dired)}
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251 @findex dired-find-file-other-window
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252 Like @kbd{f}, but uses another window to display the file's buffer
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253 (@code{dired-find-file-other-window}). The Dired buffer remains visible
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254 in the first window. This is like using @kbd{C-x 4 C-f} to visit the
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255 file. @xref{Windows}.
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256
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257 @item C-o
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258 @kindex C-o @r{(Dired)}
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259 @findex dired-display-file
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260 Visit the file described on the current line, and display the buffer in
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261 another window, but do not select that window (@code{dired-display-file}).
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262
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263 @item Mouse-2
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264 @findex dired-mouse-find-file-other-window
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265 Visit the file named by the line you click on
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266 (@code{dired-mouse-find-file-other-window}). This uses another window
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267 to display the file, like the @kbd{o} command.
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268
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269 @item v
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270 @kindex v @r{(Dired)}
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271 @findex dired-view-file
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272 View the file described on the current line, using @kbd{M-x view-file}
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273 (@code{dired-view-file}).
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274
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275 Viewing a file is like visiting it, but is slanted toward moving around
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276 in the file conveniently and does not allow changing the file.
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277 @xref{Misc File Ops,View File, Miscellaneous File Operations}.
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278 @end table
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279
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280 @node Marks vs Flags
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281 @section Dired Marks vs. Flags
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282
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283 @cindex marking many files (in Dired)
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284 Instead of flagging a file with @samp{D}, you can @dfn{mark} the
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285 file with some other character (usually @samp{*}). Most Dired
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286 commands to operate on files use the files marked with @samp{*}, the
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287 exception being @kbd{x} which deletes the flagged files.
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289 Here are some commands for marking with @samp{*}, or for unmarking or
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290 operating on marks. (@xref{Dired Deletion}, for commands to flag and
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291 unflag files.)
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292
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293 @table @kbd
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294 @item m
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295 @itemx * m
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296 @kindex m @r{(Dired)}
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297 @kindex * m @r{(Dired)}
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298 @findex dired-mark
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299 Mark the current file with @samp{*} (@code{dired-mark}). With a numeric
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300 argument @var{n}, mark the next @var{n} files starting with the current
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301 file. (If @var{n} is negative, mark the previous @minus{}@var{n}
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303
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304 @item * *
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305 @kindex * * @r{(Dired)}
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306 @findex dired-mark-executables
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307 @cindex marking executable files (in Dired)
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308 Mark all executable files with @samp{*}
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309 (@code{dired-mark-executables}). With a numeric argument, unmark all
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310 those files.
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311
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312 @item * @@
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313 @kindex * @@ @r{(Dired)}
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314 @findex dired-mark-symlinks
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315 @cindex marking symlinks (in Dired)
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316 Mark all symbolic links with @samp{*} (@code{dired-mark-symlinks}).
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317 With a numeric argument, unmark all those files.
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318
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319 @item * /
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320 @kindex * / @r{(Dired)}
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321 @findex dired-mark-directories
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322 @cindex marking subdirectories (in Dired)
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323 Mark with @samp{*} all files which are actually directories, except for
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324 @file{.} and @file{..} (@code{dired-mark-directories}). With a numeric
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325 argument, unmark all those files.
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326
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327 @item * s
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328 @kindex * s @r{(Dired)}
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329 @findex dired-mark-subdir-files
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330 Mark all the files in the current subdirectory, aside from @file{.}
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331 and @file{..} (@code{dired-mark-subdir-files}).
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332
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333 @item u
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334 @itemx * u
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335 @kindex u @r{(Dired)}
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336 @kindex * u @r{(Dired)}
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337 @findex dired-unmark
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338 Remove any mark on this line (@code{dired-unmark}).
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339
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340 @item @key{DEL}
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341 @itemx * @key{DEL}
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342 @kindex * DEL @r{(Dired)}
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343 @findex dired-unmark-backward
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344 @cindex unmarking files (in Dired)
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345 Move point to previous line and remove any mark on that line
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346 (@code{dired-unmark-backward}).
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347
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348 @item * !
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349 @kindex * ! @r{(Dired)}
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350 @findex dired-unmark-all-marks
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351 Remove all marks from all the files in this Dired buffer
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352 (@code{dired-unmark-all-marks}).
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353
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354 @item * ? @var{markchar}
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355 @kindex * ? @r{(Dired)}
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356 @findex dired-unmark-all-files
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357 Remove all marks that use the character @var{markchar}
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358 (@code{dired-unmark-all-files}). The argument is a single
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361 character with another.
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363 With a numeric argument, this command queries about each marked file,
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364 asking whether to remove its mark. You can answer @kbd{y} meaning yes,
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365 @kbd{n} meaning no, or @kbd{!} to remove the marks from the remaining
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366 files without asking about them.
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367
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368 @item * C-n
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369 @findex dired-next-marked-file
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370 @kindex * C-n @r{(Dired)}
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371 Move down to the next marked file (@code{dired-next-marked-file})
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372 A file is ``marked'' if it has any kind of mark.
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373
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374 @item * C-p
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375 @findex dired-prev-marked-file
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376 @kindex * C-p @r{(Dired)}
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377 Move up to the previous marked file (@code{dired-prev-marked-file})
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378
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379 @item * t
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380 @kindex * t @r{(Dired)}
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381 @findex dired-do-toggle
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382 @cindex toggling marks (in Dired)
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383 Toggle all marks (@code{dired-do-toggle}): files marked with @samp{*}
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384 become unmarked, and unmarked files are marked with @samp{*}. Files
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385 marked in any other way are not affected.
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387 @item * c @var{old-markchar} @var{new-markchar}
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388 @kindex * c @r{(Dired)}
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389 @findex dired-change-marks
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390 Replace all marks that use the character @var{old-markchar} with marks
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392 This command is the primary way to create or use marks other than
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393 @samp{*} or @samp{D}. The arguments are single characters---do not use
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394 @key{RET} to terminate them.
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396 You can use almost any character as a mark character by means of this
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399 if @var{new-markchar} is a space, then the command unmarks the files it
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400 acts on.
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402 To illustrate the power of this command, here is how to put @samp{D}
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403 flags on all the files that have no marks, while unflagging all those
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404 that already have @samp{D} flags:
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405
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406 @example
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407 * c D t * c SPC D * c t SPC
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408 @end example
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409
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411
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412 @item % m @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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413 @itemx * % @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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414 @findex dired-mark-files-regexp
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415 @kindex % m @r{(Dired)}
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416 @kindex * % @r{(Dired)}
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417 Mark (with @samp{*}) all files whose names match the regular expression
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418 @var{regexp} (@code{dired-mark-files-regexp}). This command is like
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419 @kbd{% d}, except that it marks files with @samp{*} instead of flagging
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420 with @samp{D}. @xref{Flagging Many Files}.
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421
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422 Only the non-directory part of the file name is used in matching. Use
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424 hiding them (@pxref{Hiding Subdirectories}).
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425
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426 @item % g @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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427 @findex dired-mark-files-containing-regexp
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428 @kindex % g @r{(Dired)}
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429 @cindex finding files containing regexp matches (in Dired)
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430 Mark (with @samp{*}) all files whose @emph{contents} contain a match for
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431 the regular expression @var{regexp}
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432 (@code{dired-mark-files-containing-regexp}). This command is like
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433 @kbd{% m}, except that it searches the file contents instead of the file
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434 name.
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435
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436 @item C-_
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437 @kindex C-_ @r{(Dired)}
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438 @findex dired-undo
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439 Undo changes in the Dired buffer, such as adding or removing
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440 marks (@code{dired-undo}). @emph{This command does not revert the
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441 actual file operations, nor recovers lost files!} It just undoes
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442 changes in the buffer itself. For example, if used after renaming one
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443 or more files, @code{dired-undo} restores the original names, which
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444 will get the Dired buffer out of sync with the actual contents of the
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445 directory.
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446 @end table
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447
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448 @node Operating on Files
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449 @section Operating on Files
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450 @cindex operating on files in Dired
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451
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452 This section describes the basic Dired commands to operate on one file
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453 or several files. All of these commands are capital letters; all of
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454 them use the minibuffer, either to read an argument or to ask for
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455 confirmation, before they act. All of them give you several ways to
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456 specify which files to manipulate:
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457
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458 @itemize @bullet
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459 @item
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460 If you give the command a numeric prefix argument @var{n}, it operates
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461 on the next @var{n} files, starting with the current file. (If @var{n}
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462 is negative, the command operates on the @minus{}@var{n} files preceding
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463 the current line.)
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464
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465 @item
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466 Otherwise, if some files are marked with @samp{*}, the command operates
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467 on all those files.
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468
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469 @item
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470 Otherwise, the command operates on the current file only.
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471 @end itemize
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472
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473 @vindex dired-dwim-target
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474 @cindex two directories (in Dired)
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475 Commands which ask for a destination directory, such as those which
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476 copy and rename files or create links for them, try to guess the default
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477 target directory for the operation. Normally, they suggest the Dired
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478 buffer's default directory, but if the variable @code{dired-dwim-target}
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479 is non-@code{nil}, and if there is another Dired buffer displayed in the
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480 next window, that other buffer's directory is suggested instead.
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481
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482 Here are the file-manipulating commands that operate on files in this
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483 way. (Some other Dired commands, such as @kbd{!} and the @samp{%}
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484 commands, also use these conventions to decide which files to work on.)
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485
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486 @table @kbd
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487 @findex dired-do-copy
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488 @kindex C @r{(Dired)}
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489 @cindex copying files (in Dired)
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490 @item C @var{new} @key{RET}
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491 Copy the specified files (@code{dired-do-copy}). The argument @var{new}
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492 is the directory to copy into, or (if copying a single file) the new
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493 name.
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494
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495 @vindex dired-copy-preserve-time
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496 If @code{dired-copy-preserve-time} is non-@code{nil}, then copying with
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497 this command sets the modification time of the new file to be the same
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498 as that of the old file.
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499
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500 @vindex dired-recursive-copies
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501 The variable @code{dired-recursive-copies} controls whether
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502 directories are copied recursively. The default is to not copy
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503 recursively, which means that directories cannot be copied.
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504
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505 @item D
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506 @findex dired-do-delete
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507 @kindex D @r{(Dired)}
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508 Delete the specified files (@code{dired-do-delete}). Like the other
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509 commands in this section, this command operates on the @emph{marked}
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510 files, or the next @var{n} files. By contrast, @kbd{x}
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511 (@code{dired-do-flagged-delete}) deletes all @dfn{flagged} files.
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512
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513 @findex dired-do-rename
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514 @kindex R @r{(Dired)}
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515 @cindex renaming files (in Dired)
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516 @item R @var{new} @key{RET}
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517 Rename the specified files (@code{dired-do-rename}). The argument
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518 @var{new} is the directory to rename into, or (if renaming a single
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519 file) the new name.
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520
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521 Dired automatically changes the visited file name of buffers associated
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522 with renamed files so that they refer to the new names.
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523
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524 @findex dired-do-hardlink
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525 @kindex H @r{(Dired)}
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526 @cindex hard links (in Dired)
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527 @item H @var{new} @key{RET}
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528 Make hard links to the specified files (@code{dired-do-hardlink}). The
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529 argument @var{new} is the directory to make the links in, or (if making
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530 just one link) the name to give the link.
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531
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532 @findex dired-do-symlink
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533 @kindex S @r{(Dired)}
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534 @cindex symlinks (in Dired)
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535 @item S @var{new} @key{RET}
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536 Make symbolic links to the specified files (@code{dired-do-symlink}).
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537 The argument @var{new} is the directory to make the links in, or (if
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538 making just one link) the name to give the link.
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539
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540 @findex dired-do-chmod
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541 @kindex M @r{(Dired)}
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542 @cindex changing file permissions (in Dired)
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543 @item M @var{modespec} @key{RET}
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544 Change the mode (also called ``permission bits'') of the specified files
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545 (@code{dired-do-chmod}). This uses the @code{chmod} program, so
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546 @var{modespec} can be any argument that @code{chmod} can handle.
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547
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548 @findex dired-do-chgrp
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549 @kindex G @r{(Dired)}
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550 @cindex changing file group (in Dired)
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551 @item G @var{newgroup} @key{RET}
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552 Change the group of the specified files to @var{newgroup}
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553 (@code{dired-do-chgrp}).
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554
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555 @findex dired-do-chown
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556 @kindex O @r{(Dired)}
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557 @cindex changing file owner (in Dired)
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558 @item O @var{newowner} @key{RET}
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559 Change the owner of the specified files to @var{newowner}
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560 (@code{dired-do-chown}). (On most systems, only the superuser can do
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561 this.)
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562
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563 @vindex dired-chown-program
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564 The variable @code{dired-chown-program} specifies the name of the
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565 program to use to do the work (different systems put @code{chown} in
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566 different places).
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567
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568 @findex dired-do-print
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569 @kindex P @r{(Dired)}
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570 @cindex printing files (in Dired)
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571 @item P @var{command} @key{RET}
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572 Print the specified files (@code{dired-do-print}). You must specify the
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573 command to print them with, but the minibuffer starts out with a
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574 suitable guess made using the variables @code{lpr-command} and
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575 @code{lpr-switches} (the same variables that @code{lpr-buffer} uses;
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576 @pxref{Hardcopy}).
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577
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578 @findex dired-do-compress
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579 @kindex Z @r{(Dired)}
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580 @cindex compressing files (in Dired)
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581 @item Z
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582 Compress the specified files (@code{dired-do-compress}). If the file
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583 appears to be a compressed file already, it is uncompressed instead.
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584
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585 @findex dired-do-load
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586 @kindex L @r{(Dired)}
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587 @cindex loading several files (in Dired)
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588 @item L
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589 Load the specified Emacs Lisp files (@code{dired-do-load}).
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590 @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
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591
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592 @findex dired-do-byte-compile
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593 @kindex B @r{(Dired)}
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594 @cindex byte-compiling several files (in Dired)
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595 @item B
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596 Byte compile the specified Emacs Lisp files
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597 (@code{dired-do-byte-compile}). @xref{Byte Compilation,, Byte
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598 Compilation, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
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599
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600 @kindex A @r{(Dired)}
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601 @findex dired-do-search
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602 @cindex search multiple files (in Dired)
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603 @item A @var{regexp} @key{RET}
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604 Search all the specified files for the regular expression @var{regexp}
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605 (@code{dired-do-search}).
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606
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607 This command is a variant of @code{tags-search}. The search stops at
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608 the first match it finds; use @kbd{M-,} to resume the search and find
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609 the next match. @xref{Tags Search}.
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610
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611 @kindex Q @r{(Dired)}
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612 @findex dired-do-query-replace-regexp
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613 @cindex search and replace in multiple files (in Dired)
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614 @item Q @var{regexp} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET}
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616 replacing matches for @var{regexp} with the string
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617 @var{to} (@code{dired-do-query-replace-regexp}).
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618
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619 This command is a variant of @code{tags-query-replace}. If you exit the
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620 query replace loop, you can use @kbd{M-,} to resume the scan and replace
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621 more matches. @xref{Tags Search}.
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622 @end table
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623
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624 @kindex + @r{(Dired)}
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625 @findex dired-create-directory
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626 One special file-operation command is @kbd{+}
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627 (@code{dired-create-directory}). This command reads a directory name and
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628 creates the directory if it does not already exist.
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629
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630 @node Shell Commands in Dired
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631 @section Shell Commands in Dired
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632 @cindex shell commands, Dired
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633
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634 @findex dired-do-shell-command
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635 @kindex ! @r{(Dired)}
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636 @kindex X @r{(Dired)}
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637 The Dired command @kbd{!} (@code{dired-do-shell-command}) reads a shell
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638 command string in the minibuffer and runs that shell command on all the
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639 specified files. @kbd{X} is a synonym for @kbd{!}. You can specify the
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640 files to operate on in the usual ways for Dired commands
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641 (@pxref{Operating on Files}). There are two ways of applying a shell
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642 command to multiple files:
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643
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644 @itemize @bullet
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645 @item
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646 If you use @samp{*} in the shell command, then it runs just once, with
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647 the list of file names substituted for the @samp{*}. The order of file
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648 names is the order of appearance in the Dired buffer.
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649
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650 Thus, @kbd{! tar cf foo.tar * @key{RET}} runs @code{tar} on the entire
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651 list of file names, putting them into one tar file @file{foo.tar}.
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652
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653 @item
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654 If the command string doesn't contain @samp{*}, then it runs once
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655 @emph{for each file}, with the file name added at the end.
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656
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657 For example, @kbd{! uudecode @key{RET}} runs @code{uudecode} on each
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658 file.
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659 @end itemize
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660
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661 What if you want to run the shell command once for each file, with the
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662 file name inserted in the middle? You can use @samp{?} in the command
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663 instead of @samp{*}. The current file name is substituted for
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664 @samp{?}. You can use @samp{?} more than once. For instance, here is
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665 how to uuencode each file, making the output file name by appending
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666 @samp{.uu} to the input file name:
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667
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668 @example
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669 uuencode ? ? > ?.uu
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670 @end example
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671
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672 To use the file names in a more complicated fashion, you can use a
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673 shell loop. For example, this shell command is another way to
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674 uuencode each file:
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675
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676 @example
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677 for file in *; do uuencode "$file" "$file" >"$file".uu; done
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678 @end example
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679
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680 The working directory for the shell command is the top-level directory
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681 of the Dired buffer.
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682
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683 The @kbd{!} command does not attempt to update the Dired buffer to show
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684 new or modified files, because it doesn't really understand shell
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685 commands, and does not know what files the shell command changed. Use
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686 the @kbd{g} command to update the Dired buffer (@pxref{Dired
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687 Updating}).
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688
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689 @node Transforming File Names
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690 @section Transforming File Names in Dired
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691
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692 This section describes Dired commands which alter file names in a
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693 systematic way.
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694
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695 Like the basic Dired file-manipulation commands (@pxref{Operating on
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696 Files}), the commands described here operate either on the next
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697 @var{n} files, or on all files marked with @samp{*}, or on the current
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698 file. (To mark files, use the commands described in @ref{Marks vs
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699 Flags}.)
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700
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701 All of the commands described in this section work
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702 @emph{interactively}: they ask you to confirm the operation for each
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703 candidate file. Thus, you can select more files than you actually
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704 need to operate on (e.g., with a regexp that matches many files), and
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705 then refine the selection by typing @kbd{y} or @kbd{n} when the
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706 command prompts for confirmation.
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707
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708 @table @kbd
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709 @findex dired-upcase
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710 @kindex % u @r{(Dired)}
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711 @cindex upcase file names
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712 @item % u
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713 Rename each of the selected files to an upper-case name
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714 (@code{dired-upcase}). If the old file names are @file{Foo}
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715 and @file{bar}, the new names are @file{FOO} and @file{BAR}.
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716
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717 @item % l
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718 @findex dired-downcase
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719 @kindex % l @r{(Dired)}
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720 @cindex downcase file names
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721 Rename each of the selected files to a lower-case name
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722 (@code{dired-downcase}). If the old file names are @file{Foo} and
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723 @file{bar}, the new names are @file{foo} and @file{bar}.
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724
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725 @item % R @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET}
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726 @kindex % R @r{(Dired)}
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727 @findex dired-do-rename-regexp
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728 @itemx % C @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET}
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729 @kindex % C @r{(Dired)}
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730 @findex dired-do-copy-regexp
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731 @itemx % H @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET}
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732 @kindex % H @r{(Dired)}
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733 @findex dired-do-hardlink-regexp
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734 @itemx % S @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET}
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735 @kindex % S @r{(Dired)}
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736 @findex dired-do-symlink-regexp
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737 These four commands rename, copy, make hard links and make soft links,
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738 in each case computing the new name by regular-expression substitution
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739 from the name of the old file.
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740 @end table
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741
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742 The four regular-expression substitution commands effectively perform
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743 a search-and-replace on the selected file names in the Dired buffer.
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744 They read two arguments: a regular expression @var{from}, and a
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745 substitution pattern @var{to}.
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746
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747 The commands match each ``old'' file name against the regular
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748 expression @var{from}, and then replace the matching part with @var{to}.
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749 You can use @samp{\&} and @samp{\@var{digit}} in @var{to} to refer to
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750 all or part of what the pattern matched in the old file name, as in
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751 @code{replace-regexp} (@pxref{Regexp Replace}). If the regular expression
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752 matches more than once in a file name, only the first match is replaced.
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753
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754 For example, @kbd{% R ^.*$ @key{RET} x-\& @key{RET}} renames each
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755 selected file by prepending @samp{x-} to its name. The inverse of this,
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756 removing @samp{x-} from the front of each file name, is also possible:
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757 one method is @kbd{% R ^x-\(.*\)$ @key{RET} \1 @key{RET}}; another is
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758 @kbd{% R ^x- @key{RET} @key{RET}}. (Use @samp{^} and @samp{$} to anchor
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759 matches that should span the whole filename.)
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760
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761 Normally, the replacement process does not consider the files'
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762 directory names; it operates on the file name within the directory. If
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763 you specify a numeric argument of zero, then replacement affects the
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764 entire absolute file name including directory name. (Non-zero
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765 argument specifies the number of files to operate on.)
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766
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767 Often you will want to select the set of files to operate on using the
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768 same @var{regexp} that you will use to operate on them. To do this,
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769 mark those files with @kbd{% m @var{regexp} @key{RET}}, then use the
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770 same regular expression in the command to operate on the files. To make
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771 this easier, the @kbd{%} commands to operate on files use the last
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772 regular expression specified in any @kbd{%} command as a default.
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773
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774 @node Comparison in Dired
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775 @section File Comparison with Dired
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776 @cindex file comparison (in Dired)
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777 @cindex compare files (in Dired)
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778
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779 Here are two Dired commands that compare specified files using
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780 @code{diff}.
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781
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782 @table @kbd
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783 @item =
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784 @findex dired-diff
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785 @kindex = @r{(Dired)}
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786 Compare the current file (the file at point) with another file (the file
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787 at the mark) using the @code{diff} program (@code{dired-diff}). The
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788 file at the mark is the first argument of @code{diff}, and the file at
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789 point is the second argument. Use @kbd{C-@key{SPC}}
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790 (@code{set-mark-command}) to set the mark at the first file's line
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791 (@pxref{Setting Mark}), since @code{dired-diff} ignores the files marked
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792 with the Dired's @kbd{m} command.
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793
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794 @findex dired-backup-diff
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795 @kindex M-= @r{(Dired)}
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796 @item M-=
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797 Compare the current file with its latest backup file
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798 (@code{dired-backup-diff}). If the current file is itself a backup,
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799 compare it with the file it is a backup of; this way, you can compare
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800 a file with any backup version of your choice.
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801
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802 The backup file is the first file given to @code{diff}.
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803 @end table
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804
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805 @node Subdirectories in Dired
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806 @section Subdirectories in Dired
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807 @cindex subdirectories in Dired
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808 @cindex expanding subdirectories in Dired
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809
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810 A Dired buffer displays just one directory in the normal case;
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811 but you can optionally include its subdirectories as well.
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812
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813 The simplest way to include multiple directories in one Dired buffer is
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814 to specify the options @samp{-lR} for running @code{ls}. (If you give a
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815 numeric argument when you run Dired, then you can specify these options
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816 in the minibuffer.) That produces a recursive directory listing showing
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817 all subdirectories at all levels.
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818
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819 But usually all the subdirectories are too many; usually you will
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820 prefer to include specific subdirectories only. You can do this with
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821 the @kbd{i} command:
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822
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823 @table @kbd
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824 @findex dired-maybe-insert-subdir
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825 @kindex i @r{(Dired)}
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826 @item i
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827 @cindex inserted subdirectory (Dired)
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828 @cindex in-situ subdirectory (Dired)
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829 Insert the contents of a subdirectory later in the buffer.
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830 @end table
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831
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832 Use the @kbd{i} (@code{dired-maybe-insert-subdir}) command on a line
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833 that describes a file which is a directory. It inserts the contents of
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834 that directory into the same Dired buffer, and moves there. Inserted
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835 subdirectory contents follow the top-level directory of the Dired
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836 buffer, just as they do in @samp{ls -lR} output.
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837
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838 If the subdirectory's contents are already present in the buffer, the
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839 @kbd{i} command just moves to it.
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840
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841 In either case, @kbd{i} sets the Emacs mark before moving, so @kbd{C-u
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842 C-@key{SPC}} takes you back to the old position in the buffer (the line
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843 describing that subdirectory).
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844
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845 Use the @kbd{l} command (@code{dired-do-redisplay}) to update the
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846 subdirectory's contents. Use @kbd{C-u k} on the subdirectory header
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847 line to delete the subdirectory. @xref{Dired Updating}.
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848
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849 @node Subdirectory Motion
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850 @section Moving Over Subdirectories
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851
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852 When a Dired buffer lists subdirectories, you can use the page motion
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853 commands @kbd{C-x [} and @kbd{C-x ]} to move by entire directories
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854 (@pxref{Pages}).
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855
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856 @cindex header line (Dired)
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857 @cindex directory header lines
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858 The following commands move across, up and down in the tree of
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859 directories within one Dired buffer. They move to @dfn{directory header
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860 lines}, which are the lines that give a directory's name, at the
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861 beginning of the directory's contents.
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862
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863 @table @kbd
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864 @findex dired-next-subdir
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865 @kindex C-M-n @r{(Dired)}
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866 @item C-M-n
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867 Go to next subdirectory header line, regardless of level
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868 (@code{dired-next-subdir}).
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869
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870 @findex dired-prev-subdir
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871 @kindex C-M-p @r{(Dired)}
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872 @item C-M-p
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873 Go to previous subdirectory header line, regardless of level
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874 (@code{dired-prev-subdir}).
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875
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876 @findex dired-tree-up
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877 @kindex C-M-u @r{(Dired)}
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878 @item C-M-u
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879 Go up to the parent directory's header line (@code{dired-tree-up}).
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880
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881 @findex dired-tree-down
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882 @kindex C-M-d @r{(Dired)}
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883 @item C-M-d
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884 Go down in the directory tree, to the first subdirectory's header line
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885 (@code{dired-tree-down}).
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886
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887 @findex dired-prev-dirline
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888 @kindex < @r{(Dired)}
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889 @item <
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890 Move up to the previous directory-file line (@code{dired-prev-dirline}).
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891 These lines are the ones that describe a directory as a file in its
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892 parent directory.
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893
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894 @findex dired-next-dirline
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895 @kindex > @r{(Dired)}
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896 @item >
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897 Move down to the next directory-file line (@code{dired-prev-dirline}).
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898 @end table
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899
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900 @node Hiding Subdirectories
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901 @section Hiding Subdirectories
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902
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903 @cindex hiding in Dired (Dired)
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904 @dfn{Hiding} a subdirectory means to make it invisible, except for its
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905 header line, via selective display (@pxref{Selective Display}).
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906
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907 @table @kbd
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908 @item $
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909 @findex dired-hide-subdir
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910 @kindex $ @r{(Dired)}
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911 Hide or reveal the subdirectory that point is in, and move point to the
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912 next subdirectory (@code{dired-hide-subdir}). A numeric argument serves
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913 as a repeat count.
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914
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915 @item M-$
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916 @findex dired-hide-all
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917 @kindex M-$ @r{(Dired)}
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918 Hide all subdirectories in this Dired buffer, leaving only their header
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919 lines (@code{dired-hide-all}). Or, if any subdirectory is currently
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920 hidden, make all subdirectories visible again. You can use this command
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921 to get an overview in very deep directory trees or to move quickly to
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922 subdirectories far away.
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923 @end table
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924
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925 Ordinary Dired commands never consider files inside a hidden
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926 subdirectory. For example, the commands to operate on marked files
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927 ignore files in hidden directories even if they are marked. Thus you
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928 can use hiding to temporarily exclude subdirectories from operations
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929 without having to remove the markers.
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930
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931 The subdirectory hiding commands toggle; that is, they hide what was
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932 visible, and show what was hidden.
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933
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934 @node Dired Updating
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935 @section Updating the Dired Buffer
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936 @cindex updating Dired buffer
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937 @cindex refreshing displayed files
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938
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939 This section describes commands to update the Dired buffer to reflect
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940 outside (non-Dired) changes in the directories and files, and to delete
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941 part of the Dired buffer.
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942
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943 @table @kbd
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944 @item g
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945 Update the entire contents of the Dired buffer (@code{revert-buffer}).
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946
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947 @item l
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948 Update the specified files (@code{dired-do-redisplay}).
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949
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950 @item k
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951 Delete the specified @emph{file lines}---not the files, just the lines
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952 (@code{dired-do-kill-lines}).
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953
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954 @item s
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955 Toggle between alphabetical order and date/time order
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956 (@code{dired-sort-toggle-or-edit}).
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957
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958 @item C-u s @var{switches} @key{RET}
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959 Refresh the Dired buffer using @var{switches} as
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960 @code{dired-listing-switches}.
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961 @end table
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962
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963 @kindex g @r{(Dired)}
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964 @findex revert-buffer @r{(Dired)}
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965 Type @kbd{g} (@code{revert-buffer}) to update the contents of the
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966 Dired buffer, based on changes in the files and directories listed.
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967 This preserves all marks except for those on files that have vanished.
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968 Hidden subdirectories are updated but remain hidden.
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969
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970 @kindex l @r{(Dired)}
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971 @findex dired-do-redisplay
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972 To update only some of the files, type @kbd{l}
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973 (@code{dired-do-redisplay}). Like the Dired file-operating commands,
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974 this command operates on the next @var{n} files (or previous
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975 @minus{}@var{n} files), or on the marked files if any, or on the
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976 current file. Updating the files means reading their current status,
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977 then updating their lines in the buffer to indicate that status.
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978
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979 If you use @kbd{l} on a subdirectory header line, it updates the
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980 contents of the corresponding subdirectory.
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981
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982 @kindex k @r{(Dired)}
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983 @findex dired-do-kill-lines
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984 To delete the specified @emph{file lines} from the buffer---not
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985 delete the files---type @kbd{k} (@code{dired-do-kill-lines}). Like
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986 the file-operating commands, this command operates on the next @var{n}
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987 files, or on the marked files if any; but it does not operate on the
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988 current file as a last resort.
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989
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990 If you kill the line for a file that is a directory, the directory's
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991 contents are also deleted from the buffer. Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the
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992 header line for a subdirectory is another way to delete a subdirectory
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993 from the Dired buffer.
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994
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995 The @kbd{g} command brings back any individual lines that you have
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996 killed in this way, but not subdirectories---you must use @kbd{i} to
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997 reinsert a subdirectory.
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998
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999 @cindex Dired sorting
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1000 @cindex sorting Dired buffer
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1001 @kindex s @r{(Dired)}
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1002 @findex dired-sort-toggle-or-edit
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1003 The files in a Dired buffers are normally listed in alphabetical order
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1004 by file names. Alternatively Dired can sort them by date/time. The
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1005 Dired command @kbd{s} (@code{dired-sort-toggle-or-edit}) switches
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1006 between these two sorting modes. The mode line in a Dired buffer
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1007 indicates which way it is currently sorted---by name, or by date.
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1008
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1009 @kbd{C-u s @var{switches} @key{RET}} lets you specify a new value for
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1010 @code{dired-listing-switches}.
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1011
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1012 @node Dired and Find
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1013 @section Dired and @code{find}
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1014 @cindex @code{find} and Dired
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1015
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1016 You can select a set of files for display in a Dired buffer more
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1017 flexibly by using the @code{find} utility to choose the files.
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1018
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1019 @findex find-name-dired
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1020 To search for files with names matching a wildcard pattern use
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1021 @kbd{M-x find-name-dired}. It reads arguments @var{directory} and
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1022 @var{pattern}, and chooses all the files in @var{directory} or its
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1023 subdirectories whose individual names match @var{pattern}.
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1024
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1025 The files thus chosen are displayed in a Dired buffer in which the
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1026 ordinary Dired commands are available.
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1027
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1028 @findex find-grep-dired
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1029 If you want to test the contents of files, rather than their names,
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1030 use @kbd{M-x find-grep-dired}. This command reads two minibuffer
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1031 arguments, @var{directory} and @var{regexp}; it chooses all the files in
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1032 @var{directory} or its subdirectories that contain a match for
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1033 @var{regexp}. It works by running the programs @code{find} and
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1034 @code{grep}. See also @kbd{M-x grep-find}, in @ref{Compilation}.
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1035 Remember to write the regular expression for @code{grep}, not for Emacs.
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1036 (An alternative method of showing files whose contents match a given
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1037 regexp is the @kbd{% g @var{regexp}} command, see @ref{Marks vs Flags}.)
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1038
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1039 @findex find-dired
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1040 The most general command in this series is @kbd{M-x find-dired}, which
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1041 lets you specify any condition that @code{find} can test. It takes two
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1042 minibuffer arguments, @var{directory} and @var{find-args}; it runs
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1043 @code{find} in @var{directory}, passing @var{find-args} to tell
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1044 @code{find} what condition to test. To use this command, you need to
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1045 know how to use @code{find}.
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1046
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1047 @findex locate
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1048 @findex locate-with-filter
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1049 @cindex file database (locate)
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1050 @vindex locate-command
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1051 @kbd{M-x locate} provides a similar interface to the @code{locate}.
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1052 @kbd{M-x locate-with-filter} is similar, but keeps only lines matching
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1053 a given regular expression.
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1055 @vindex find-ls-option
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1056 The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by the
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1057 variable @code{find-ls-option}, whose default value specifies using
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1058 options @samp{-ld} for @code{ls}. If your listings are corrupted, you
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1059 may need to change the value of this variable.