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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
39287 | 2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,2000,2001 |
28126 | 3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Dired, Calendar/Diary, Rmail, Top | |
6 @chapter Dired, the Directory Editor | |
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 | |
11 optionally some of its subdirectories as well. You can use the normal | |
12 Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired commands | |
13 to operate on the files listed. | |
14 | |
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15 The Dired buffer is ``read-only,'' and inserting text in it is not |
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16 useful, so ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are |
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17 used for special Dired commands. Some Dired commands @dfn{mark} or |
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18 @dfn{flag} the @dfn{current file} (that is, the file on the current |
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19 line); other commands operate on the marked files or on the flagged |
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22 The Dired-X package provides various extra features for Dired mode. |
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23 @xref{Top, Dired-X,,dired-x, Dired Extra Version 2 User's Manual}. |
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25829 | 25 @menu |
26 * Enter: Dired Enter. How to invoke Dired. | |
38745 | 27 * Navigation: Dired Navigation. Special motion commands in the Dired buffer. |
25829 | 28 * Deletion: Dired Deletion. Deleting files with Dired. |
29 * Flagging Many Files:: Flagging files based on their names. | |
30 * Visit: Dired Visiting. Other file operations through Dired. | |
31 * Marks vs Flags:: Flagging for deletion vs marking. | |
32 * Operating on Files:: How to copy, rename, print, compress, etc. | |
33 either one file or several files. | |
34 * Shell Commands in Dired:: Running a shell command on the marked files. | |
35 * Transforming File Names:: Using patterns to rename multiple files. | |
36 * Comparison in Dired:: Running `diff' by way of Dired. | |
37 * Subdirectories in Dired:: Adding subdirectories to the Dired buffer. | |
38 * Subdirectory Motion:: Moving across subdirectories, and up and down. | |
39 * Hiding Subdirectories:: Making subdirectories visible or invisible. | |
40 * Updating: Dired Updating. Discarding lines for files of no interest. | |
41 * Find: Dired and Find. Using `find' to choose the files for Dired. | |
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42 * Misc: Misc Dired Commands. Various other features. |
25829 | 43 @end menu |
44 | |
45 @node Dired Enter | |
46 @section Entering Dired | |
47 | |
48 @findex dired | |
49 @kindex C-x d | |
50 @vindex dired-listing-switches | |
51 To invoke Dired, do @kbd{C-x d} or @kbd{M-x dired}. The command reads | |
52 a directory name or wildcard file name pattern as a minibuffer argument | |
53 to specify which files to list. Where @code{dired} differs from | |
54 @code{list-directory} is in putting the buffer into Dired mode so that | |
55 the special commands of Dired are available. | |
56 | |
57 The variable @code{dired-listing-switches} specifies the options to | |
58 give to @code{ls} for listing directory; this string @emph{must} contain | |
59 @samp{-l}. If you use a numeric prefix argument with the @code{dired} | |
60 command, you can specify the @code{ls} switches with the minibuffer | |
61 before you enter the directory specification. | |
62 | |
63 @findex dired-other-window | |
64 @kindex C-x 4 d | |
65 @findex dired-other-frame | |
66 @kindex C-x 5 d | |
67 To display the Dired buffer in another window rather than in the | |
68 selected window, use @kbd{C-x 4 d} (@code{dired-other-window}) instead | |
69 of @kbd{C-x d}. @kbd{C-x 5 d} (@code{dired-other-frame}) uses a | |
70 separate frame to display the Dired buffer. | |
71 | |
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73 @section Navigation in the Dired Buffer |
25829 | 74 |
75 @kindex C-n @r{(Dired)} | |
76 @kindex C-p @r{(Dired)} | |
77 All the usual Emacs cursor motion commands are available in Dired | |
78 buffers. Some special-purpose cursor motion commands are also | |
79 provided. The keys @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} are redefined to put the | |
80 cursor at the beginning of the file name on the line, rather than at the | |
81 beginning of the line. | |
82 | |
83 @kindex SPC @r{(Dired)} | |
84 For extra convenience, @key{SPC} and @kbd{n} in Dired are equivalent | |
85 to @kbd{C-n}. @kbd{p} is equivalent to @kbd{C-p}. (Moving by lines is | |
86 so common in Dired that it deserves to be easy to type.) @key{DEL} | |
87 (move up and unflag) is often useful simply for moving up. | |
88 | |
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89 @findex dired-goto-file |
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90 @kindex M-g |
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91 @kbd{M-g} (@code{dired-goto-file}) moves point to the line that |
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92 describes a specified file or directory. |
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94 Some additional navigation commands are available when the Dired |
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95 buffer includes several directories. @xref{Subdirectory Motion}. |
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25829 | 97 @node Dired Deletion |
98 @section Deleting Files with Dired | |
99 @cindex flagging files (in Dired) | |
100 @cindex deleting files (in Dired) | |
101 | |
38745 | 102 One of the most frequent uses of Dired is to first @dfn{flag} files for |
103 deletion, then delete the files that were flagged. | |
25829 | 104 |
105 @table @kbd | |
106 @item d | |
107 Flag this file for deletion. | |
108 @item u | |
109 Remove deletion flag on this line. | |
110 @item @key{DEL} | |
111 Move point to previous line and remove the deletion flag on that line. | |
112 @item x | |
113 Delete the files that are flagged for deletion. | |
114 @end table | |
115 | |
116 @kindex d @r{(Dired)} | |
117 @findex dired-flag-file-deletion | |
118 You can flag a file for deletion by moving to the line describing the | |
119 file and typing @kbd{d} (@code{dired-flag-file-deletion}). The deletion flag is visible as a @samp{D} at | |
120 the beginning of the line. This command moves point to the next line, | |
121 so that repeated @kbd{d} commands flag successive files. A numeric | |
122 argument serves as a repeat count. | |
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124 @cindex recursive deletion |
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125 @vindex dired-recursive-deletes |
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126 The variable @code{dired-recursive-deletes} controls whether the |
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127 delete command will delete non-empty directories (including their |
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128 contents). The default is to delete only empty directories. |
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130 @kindex u @r{(Dired deletion)} | |
131 @kindex DEL @r{(Dired)} | |
132 The files are flagged for deletion rather than deleted immediately to | |
133 reduce the danger of deleting a file accidentally. Until you direct | |
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134 Dired to delete the flagged files, you can remove deletion flags using |
25829 | 135 the commands @kbd{u} and @key{DEL}. @kbd{u} (@code{dired-unmark}) works |
136 just like @kbd{d}, but removes flags rather than making flags. | |
137 @key{DEL} (@code{dired-unmark-backward}) moves upward, removing flags; | |
138 it is like @kbd{u} with argument @minus{}1. | |
139 | |
140 @kindex x @r{(Dired)} | |
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141 @findex dired-do-flagged-delete |
25829 | 142 @cindex expunging (Dired) |
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143 To delete the flagged files, type @kbd{x} (@code{dired-do-flagged-delete}). |
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144 (This is also known as @dfn{expunging}.) |
25829 | 145 This command first displays a list of all the file names flagged for |
146 deletion, and requests confirmation with @kbd{yes}. If you confirm, | |
147 Dired deletes the flagged files, then deletes their lines from the text | |
148 of the Dired buffer. The shortened Dired buffer remains selected. | |
149 | |
150 If you answer @kbd{no} or quit with @kbd{C-g} when asked to confirm, you | |
151 return immediately to Dired, with the deletion flags still present in | |
152 the buffer, and no files actually deleted. | |
153 | |
154 @node Flagging Many Files | |
155 @section Flagging Many Files at Once | |
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156 @cindex flagging many files for deletion (in Dired) |
25829 | 157 |
158 @table @kbd | |
159 @item # | |
160 Flag all auto-save files (files whose names start and end with @samp{#}) | |
161 for deletion (@pxref{Auto Save}). | |
162 | |
163 @item ~ | |
164 Flag all backup files (files whose names end with @samp{~}) for deletion | |
165 (@pxref{Backup}). | |
166 | |
167 @item & | |
168 Flag for deletion all files with certain kinds of names, names that | |
169 suggest you could easily create the files again. | |
170 | |
171 @item .@: @r{(Period)} | |
172 Flag excess numeric backup files for deletion. The oldest and newest | |
173 few backup files of any one file are exempt; the middle ones are | |
174 flagged. | |
175 | |
176 @item % d @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
177 Flag for deletion all files whose names match the regular expression | |
178 @var{regexp}. | |
179 @end table | |
180 | |
181 The @kbd{#}, @kbd{~}, @kbd{&}, and @kbd{.} commands flag many files for | |
182 deletion, based on their file names. These commands are useful | |
183 precisely because they do not themselves delete any files; you can | |
184 remove the deletion flags from any flagged files that you really wish to | |
185 keep.@refill | |
186 | |
187 @kindex & @r{(Dired)} | |
188 @findex dired-flag-garbage-files | |
189 @vindex dired-garbage-files-regexp | |
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190 @cindex deleting some backup files |
25829 | 191 @kbd{&} (@code{dired-flag-garbage-files}) flags files whose names |
192 match the regular expression specified by the variable | |
193 @code{dired-garbage-files-regexp}. By default, this matches certain | |
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194 files produced by @TeX{}, @samp{.bak} files, and the @samp{.orig} and |
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195 @samp{.rej} files produced by @code{patch}. |
25829 | 196 |
197 @kindex # @r{(Dired)} | |
198 @findex dired-flag-auto-save-files | |
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25829 | 200 @kbd{#} (@code{dired-flag-auto-save-files}) flags for deletion all |
201 files whose names look like auto-save files (@pxref{Auto Save})---that | |
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202 is, files whose names begin and end with @samp{#}. |
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204 @kindex ~ @r{(Dired)} |
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205 @findex dired-flag-backup-files |
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206 @kbd{~} (@code{dired-flag-backup-files}) flags for deletion all files |
38745 | 207 whose names say they are backup files (@pxref{Backup})---that is, files |
208 whose names end in @samp{~}. | |
25829 | 209 |
210 @kindex . @r{(Dired)} | |
211 @vindex dired-kept-versions | |
212 @findex dired-clean-directory | |
213 @kbd{.} (period, @code{dired-clean-directory}) flags just some of the | |
214 backup files for deletion: all but the oldest few and newest few backups | |
215 of any one file. Normally @code{dired-kept-versions} (@strong{not} | |
216 @code{kept-new-versions}; that applies only when saving) specifies the | |
217 number of newest versions of each file to keep, and | |
218 @code{kept-old-versions} specifies the number of oldest versions to | |
219 keep. | |
220 | |
221 Period with a positive numeric argument, as in @kbd{C-u 3 .}, | |
222 specifies the number of newest versions to keep, overriding | |
223 @code{dired-kept-versions}. A negative numeric argument overrides | |
224 @code{kept-old-versions}, using minus the value of the argument to | |
225 specify the number of oldest versions of each file to keep. | |
226 | |
227 @findex dired-flag-files-regexp | |
228 @kindex % d @r{(Dired)} | |
229 The @kbd{% d} command flags all files whose names match a specified | |
230 regular expression (@code{dired-flag-files-regexp}). Only the | |
231 non-directory part of the file name is used in matching. You can use | |
232 @samp{^} and @samp{$} to anchor matches. You can exclude subdirectories | |
233 by hiding them (@pxref{Hiding Subdirectories}). | |
234 | |
235 @node Dired Visiting | |
236 @section Visiting Files in Dired | |
237 | |
238 There are several Dired commands for visiting or examining the files | |
239 listed in the Dired buffer. All of them apply to the current line's | |
240 file; if that file is really a directory, these commands invoke Dired on | |
241 that subdirectory (making a separate Dired buffer). | |
242 | |
243 @table @kbd | |
244 @item f | |
245 @kindex f @r{(Dired)} | |
246 @findex dired-find-file | |
247 Visit the file described on the current line, like typing @kbd{C-x C-f} | |
248 and supplying that file name (@code{dired-find-file}). @xref{Visiting}. | |
249 | |
250 @item @key{RET} | |
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251 @itemx e |
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253 @kindex e @r{(Dired)} |
25829 | 254 Equivalent to @kbd{f}. |
255 | |
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256 @item a |
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257 @kindex a @r{(Dired)} |
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258 @findex dired-find-alternate-file |
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259 Like @kbd{f}, but replaces the contents of the Dired buffer with |
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260 that of an alternate file or directory (@code{dired-find-alternate-file}). |
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25829 | 262 @item o |
263 @kindex o @r{(Dired)} | |
264 @findex dired-find-file-other-window | |
265 Like @kbd{f}, but uses another window to display the file's buffer | |
266 (@code{dired-find-file-other-window}). The Dired buffer remains visible | |
267 in the first window. This is like using @kbd{C-x 4 C-f} to visit the | |
268 file. @xref{Windows}. | |
269 | |
270 @item C-o | |
271 @kindex C-o @r{(Dired)} | |
272 @findex dired-display-file | |
273 Visit the file described on the current line, and display the buffer in | |
274 another window, but do not select that window (@code{dired-display-file}). | |
275 | |
276 @item Mouse-2 | |
277 @findex dired-mouse-find-file-other-window | |
278 Visit the file named by the line you click on | |
279 (@code{dired-mouse-find-file-other-window}). This uses another window | |
280 to display the file, like the @kbd{o} command. | |
281 | |
282 @item v | |
283 @kindex v @r{(Dired)} | |
284 @findex dired-view-file | |
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286 viewing program or @kbd{M-x view-file} (@code{dired-view-file}). |
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288 @vindex dired-view-command-alist |
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302 | |
303 @node Marks vs Flags | |
304 @section Dired Marks vs. Flags | |
305 | |
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310 exception being @kbd{x} which deletes the flagged files. |
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312 Here are some commands for marking with @samp{*}, or for unmarking or | |
313 operating on marks. (@xref{Dired Deletion}, for commands to flag and | |
314 unflag files.) | |
315 | |
316 @table @kbd | |
317 @item m | |
318 @itemx * m | |
319 @kindex m @r{(Dired)} | |
320 @kindex * m @r{(Dired)} | |
321 @findex dired-mark | |
322 Mark the current file with @samp{*} (@code{dired-mark}). With a numeric | |
323 argument @var{n}, mark the next @var{n} files starting with the current | |
324 file. (If @var{n} is negative, mark the previous @minus{}@var{n} | |
325 files.) | |
326 | |
327 @item * * | |
328 @kindex * * @r{(Dired)} | |
329 @findex dired-mark-executables | |
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332 (@code{dired-mark-executables}). With a numeric argument, unmark all | |
333 those files. | |
334 | |
335 @item * @@ | |
336 @kindex * @@ @r{(Dired)} | |
337 @findex dired-mark-symlinks | |
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25829 | 339 Mark all symbolic links with @samp{*} (@code{dired-mark-symlinks}). |
340 With a numeric argument, unmark all those files. | |
341 | |
342 @item * / | |
343 @kindex * / @r{(Dired)} | |
344 @findex dired-mark-directories | |
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345 @cindex marking subdirectories (in Dired) |
25829 | 346 Mark with @samp{*} all files which are actually directories, except for |
347 @file{.} and @file{..} (@code{dired-mark-directories}). With a numeric | |
348 argument, unmark all those files. | |
349 | |
350 @item * s | |
351 @kindex * s @r{(Dired)} | |
352 @findex dired-mark-subdir-files | |
353 Mark all the files in the current subdirectory, aside from @file{.} | |
354 and @file{..} (@code{dired-mark-subdir-files}). | |
355 | |
356 @item u | |
357 @itemx * u | |
358 @kindex u @r{(Dired)} | |
359 @kindex * u @r{(Dired)} | |
360 @findex dired-unmark | |
361 Remove any mark on this line (@code{dired-unmark}). | |
362 | |
363 @item @key{DEL} | |
364 @itemx * @key{DEL} | |
365 @kindex * DEL @r{(Dired)} | |
366 @findex dired-unmark-backward | |
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25829 | 368 Move point to previous line and remove any mark on that line |
369 (@code{dired-unmark-backward}). | |
370 | |
371 @item * ! | |
372 @kindex * ! @r{(Dired)} | |
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377 @item * ? @var{markchar} | |
378 @kindex * ? @r{(Dired)} | |
379 @findex dired-unmark-all-files | |
380 Remove all marks that use the character @var{markchar} | |
381 (@code{dired-unmark-all-files}). The argument is a single | |
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36507 | 383 of the @kbd{* c} command below, which lets you replace one mark |
384 character with another. | |
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386 With a numeric argument, this command queries about each marked file, | |
387 asking whether to remove its mark. You can answer @kbd{y} meaning yes, | |
388 @kbd{n} meaning no, or @kbd{!} to remove the marks from the remaining | |
389 files without asking about them. | |
390 | |
391 @item * C-n | |
392 @findex dired-next-marked-file | |
393 @kindex * C-n @r{(Dired)} | |
394 Move down to the next marked file (@code{dired-next-marked-file}) | |
395 A file is ``marked'' if it has any kind of mark. | |
396 | |
397 @item * C-p | |
398 @findex dired-prev-marked-file | |
399 @kindex * C-p @r{(Dired)} | |
400 Move up to the previous marked file (@code{dired-prev-marked-file}) | |
401 | |
402 @item * t | |
403 @kindex * t @r{(Dired)} | |
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25829 | 407 become unmarked, and unmarked files are marked with @samp{*}. Files |
408 marked in any other way are not affected. | |
409 | |
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25829 | 411 @kindex * c @r{(Dired)} |
412 @findex dired-change-marks | |
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419 You can use almost any character as a mark character by means of this | |
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425 To illustrate the power of this command, here is how to put @samp{D} | |
426 flags on all the files that have no marks, while unflagging all those | |
427 that already have @samp{D} flags: | |
428 | |
429 @example | |
430 * c D t * c SPC D * c t SPC | |
431 @end example | |
432 | |
36507 | 433 This assumes that no files were already marked with @samp{t}. |
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435 @item % m @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
436 @itemx * % @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
437 @findex dired-mark-files-regexp | |
438 @kindex % m @r{(Dired)} | |
439 @kindex * % @r{(Dired)} | |
440 Mark (with @samp{*}) all files whose names match the regular expression | |
441 @var{regexp} (@code{dired-mark-files-regexp}). This command is like | |
442 @kbd{% d}, except that it marks files with @samp{*} instead of flagging | |
443 with @samp{D}. @xref{Flagging Many Files}. | |
444 | |
445 Only the non-directory part of the file name is used in matching. Use | |
446 @samp{^} and @samp{$} to anchor matches. Exclude subdirectories by | |
447 hiding them (@pxref{Hiding Subdirectories}). | |
448 | |
449 @item % g @var{regexp} @key{RET} | |
450 @findex dired-mark-files-containing-regexp | |
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25829 | 453 Mark (with @samp{*}) all files whose @emph{contents} contain a match for |
454 the regular expression @var{regexp} | |
455 (@code{dired-mark-files-containing-regexp}). This command is like | |
456 @kbd{% m}, except that it searches the file contents instead of the file | |
457 name. | |
458 | |
459 @item C-_ | |
460 @kindex C-_ @r{(Dired)} | |
461 @findex dired-undo | |
462 Undo changes in the Dired buffer, such as adding or removing | |
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25829 | 469 @end table |
470 | |
471 @node Operating on Files | |
472 @section Operating on Files | |
473 @cindex operating on files in Dired | |
474 | |
475 This section describes the basic Dired commands to operate on one file | |
476 or several files. All of these commands are capital letters; all of | |
477 them use the minibuffer, either to read an argument or to ask for | |
478 confirmation, before they act. All of them give you several ways to | |
479 specify which files to manipulate: | |
480 | |
481 @itemize @bullet | |
482 @item | |
483 If you give the command a numeric prefix argument @var{n}, it operates | |
484 on the next @var{n} files, starting with the current file. (If @var{n} | |
485 is negative, the command operates on the @minus{}@var{n} files preceding | |
486 the current line.) | |
487 | |
488 @item | |
489 Otherwise, if some files are marked with @samp{*}, the command operates | |
490 on all those files. | |
491 | |
492 @item | |
493 Otherwise, the command operates on the current file only. | |
494 @end itemize | |
495 | |
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506 way. (Some other Dired commands, such as @kbd{!} and the @samp{%} | |
507 commands, also use these conventions to decide which files to work on.) | |
508 | |
509 @table @kbd | |
510 @findex dired-do-copy | |
511 @kindex C @r{(Dired)} | |
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514 Copy the specified files (@code{dired-do-copy}). The argument @var{new} | |
515 is the directory to copy into, or (if copying a single file) the new | |
516 name. | |
517 | |
518 @vindex dired-copy-preserve-time | |
519 If @code{dired-copy-preserve-time} is non-@code{nil}, then copying with | |
520 this command sets the modification time of the new file to be the same | |
521 as that of the old file. | |
522 | |
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530 @findex dired-do-delete | |
531 @kindex D @r{(Dired)} | |
532 Delete the specified files (@code{dired-do-delete}). Like the other | |
533 commands in this section, this command operates on the @emph{marked} | |
534 files, or the next @var{n} files. By contrast, @kbd{x} | |
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537 @findex dired-do-rename | |
538 @kindex R @r{(Dired)} | |
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541 Rename the specified files (@code{dired-do-rename}). The argument | |
542 @var{new} is the directory to rename into, or (if renaming a single | |
543 file) the new name. | |
544 | |
545 Dired automatically changes the visited file name of buffers associated | |
546 with renamed files so that they refer to the new names. | |
547 | |
548 @findex dired-do-hardlink | |
549 @kindex H @r{(Dired)} | |
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552 Make hard links to the specified files (@code{dired-do-hardlink}). The | |
553 argument @var{new} is the directory to make the links in, or (if making | |
554 just one link) the name to give the link. | |
555 | |
556 @findex dired-do-symlink | |
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560 Make symbolic links to the specified files (@code{dired-do-symlink}). | |
561 The argument @var{new} is the directory to make the links in, or (if | |
562 making just one link) the name to give the link. | |
563 | |
564 @findex dired-do-chmod | |
565 @kindex M @r{(Dired)} | |
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25829 | 567 @item M @var{modespec} @key{RET} |
568 Change the mode (also called ``permission bits'') of the specified files | |
569 (@code{dired-do-chmod}). This uses the @code{chmod} program, so | |
570 @var{modespec} can be any argument that @code{chmod} can handle. | |
571 | |
572 @findex dired-do-chgrp | |
573 @kindex G @r{(Dired)} | |
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25829 | 575 @item G @var{newgroup} @key{RET} |
576 Change the group of the specified files to @var{newgroup} | |
577 (@code{dired-do-chgrp}). | |
578 | |
579 @findex dired-do-chown | |
580 @kindex O @r{(Dired)} | |
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583 Change the owner of the specified files to @var{newowner} | |
584 (@code{dired-do-chown}). (On most systems, only the superuser can do | |
585 this.) | |
586 | |
587 @vindex dired-chown-program | |
588 The variable @code{dired-chown-program} specifies the name of the | |
589 program to use to do the work (different systems put @code{chown} in | |
590 different places). | |
591 | |
592 @findex dired-do-print | |
593 @kindex P @r{(Dired)} | |
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25829 | 595 @item P @var{command} @key{RET} |
596 Print the specified files (@code{dired-do-print}). You must specify the | |
597 command to print them with, but the minibuffer starts out with a | |
598 suitable guess made using the variables @code{lpr-command} and | |
599 @code{lpr-switches} (the same variables that @code{lpr-buffer} uses; | |
600 @pxref{Hardcopy}). | |
601 | |
602 @findex dired-do-compress | |
603 @kindex Z @r{(Dired)} | |
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25829 | 605 @item Z |
606 Compress the specified files (@code{dired-do-compress}). If the file | |
607 appears to be a compressed file already, it is uncompressed instead. | |
608 | |
609 @findex dired-do-load | |
610 @kindex L @r{(Dired)} | |
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25829 | 612 @item L |
613 Load the specified Emacs Lisp files (@code{dired-do-load}). | |
614 @xref{Lisp Libraries}. | |
615 | |
616 @findex dired-do-byte-compile | |
617 @kindex B @r{(Dired)} | |
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620 Byte compile the specified Emacs Lisp files | |
621 (@code{dired-do-byte-compile}). @xref{Byte Compilation,, Byte | |
622 Compilation, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. | |
623 | |
624 @kindex A @r{(Dired)} | |
625 @findex dired-do-search | |
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25829 | 627 @item A @var{regexp} @key{RET} |
628 Search all the specified files for the regular expression @var{regexp} | |
629 (@code{dired-do-search}). | |
630 | |
631 This command is a variant of @code{tags-search}. The search stops at | |
632 the first match it finds; use @kbd{M-,} to resume the search and find | |
633 the next match. @xref{Tags Search}. | |
634 | |
635 @kindex Q @r{(Dired)} | |
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641 @var{to} (@code{dired-do-query-replace-regexp}). |
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643 This command is a variant of @code{tags-query-replace}. If you exit the | |
644 query replace loop, you can use @kbd{M-,} to resume the scan and replace | |
645 more matches. @xref{Tags Search}. | |
646 @end table | |
647 | |
648 @kindex + @r{(Dired)} | |
649 @findex dired-create-directory | |
650 One special file-operation command is @kbd{+} | |
651 (@code{dired-create-directory}). This command reads a directory name and | |
652 creates the directory if it does not already exist. | |
653 | |
654 @node Shell Commands in Dired | |
655 @section Shell Commands in Dired | |
656 @cindex shell commands, Dired | |
657 | |
658 @findex dired-do-shell-command | |
659 @kindex ! @r{(Dired)} | |
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668 @itemize @bullet | |
669 @item | |
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675 Thus, @kbd{! tar cf foo.tar * @key{RET}} runs @code{tar} on the entire | |
676 list of file names, putting them into one tar file @file{foo.tar}. | |
677 | |
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688 For example, @kbd{! uudecode @key{RET}} runs @code{uudecode} on each | |
689 file. | |
690 | |
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707 @example | |
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710 | |
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25829 | 715 The working directory for the shell command is the top-level directory |
716 of the Dired buffer. | |
717 | |
718 The @kbd{!} command does not attempt to update the Dired buffer to show | |
719 new or modified files, because it doesn't really understand shell | |
720 commands, and does not know what files the shell command changed. Use | |
721 the @kbd{g} command to update the Dired buffer (@pxref{Dired | |
722 Updating}). | |
723 | |
724 @node Transforming File Names | |
725 @section Transforming File Names in Dired | |
726 | |
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743 @table @kbd | |
744 @findex dired-upcase | |
745 @kindex % u @r{(Dired)} | |
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748 Rename each of the selected files to an upper-case name | |
749 (@code{dired-upcase}). If the old file names are @file{Foo} | |
750 and @file{bar}, the new names are @file{FOO} and @file{BAR}. | |
751 | |
752 @item % l | |
753 @findex dired-downcase | |
754 @kindex % l @r{(Dired)} | |
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757 (@code{dired-downcase}). If the old file names are @file{Foo} and | |
758 @file{bar}, the new names are @file{foo} and @file{bar}. | |
759 | |
760 @item % R @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET} | |
761 @kindex % R @r{(Dired)} | |
762 @findex dired-do-rename-regexp | |
763 @itemx % C @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET} | |
764 @kindex % C @r{(Dired)} | |
765 @findex dired-do-copy-regexp | |
766 @itemx % H @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET} | |
767 @kindex % H @r{(Dired)} | |
768 @findex dired-do-hardlink-regexp | |
769 @itemx % S @var{from} @key{RET} @var{to} @key{RET} | |
770 @kindex % S @r{(Dired)} | |
771 @findex dired-do-symlink-regexp | |
772 These four commands rename, copy, make hard links and make soft links, | |
773 in each case computing the new name by regular-expression substitution | |
774 from the name of the old file. | |
775 @end table | |
776 | |
777 The four regular-expression substitution commands effectively perform | |
778 a search-and-replace on the selected file names in the Dired buffer. | |
779 They read two arguments: a regular expression @var{from}, and a | |
780 substitution pattern @var{to}. | |
781 | |
782 The commands match each ``old'' file name against the regular | |
783 expression @var{from}, and then replace the matching part with @var{to}. | |
784 You can use @samp{\&} and @samp{\@var{digit}} in @var{to} to refer to | |
785 all or part of what the pattern matched in the old file name, as in | |
786 @code{replace-regexp} (@pxref{Regexp Replace}). If the regular expression | |
787 matches more than once in a file name, only the first match is replaced. | |
788 | |
789 For example, @kbd{% R ^.*$ @key{RET} x-\& @key{RET}} renames each | |
790 selected file by prepending @samp{x-} to its name. The inverse of this, | |
791 removing @samp{x-} from the front of each file name, is also possible: | |
792 one method is @kbd{% R ^x-\(.*\)$ @key{RET} \1 @key{RET}}; another is | |
793 @kbd{% R ^x- @key{RET} @key{RET}}. (Use @samp{^} and @samp{$} to anchor | |
794 matches that should span the whole filename.) | |
795 | |
796 Normally, the replacement process does not consider the files' | |
797 directory names; it operates on the file name within the directory. If | |
798 you specify a numeric argument of zero, then replacement affects the | |
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802 Often you will want to select the set of files to operate on using the | |
803 same @var{regexp} that you will use to operate on them. To do this, | |
804 mark those files with @kbd{% m @var{regexp} @key{RET}}, then use the | |
805 same regular expression in the command to operate on the files. To make | |
806 this easier, the @kbd{%} commands to operate on files use the last | |
807 regular expression specified in any @kbd{%} command as a default. | |
808 | |
809 @node Comparison in Dired | |
810 @section File Comparison with Dired | |
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814 Here are two Dired commands that compare specified files using | |
815 @code{diff}. | |
816 | |
817 @table @kbd | |
818 @item = | |
819 @findex dired-diff | |
820 @kindex = @r{(Dired)} | |
821 Compare the current file (the file at point) with another file (the file | |
822 at the mark) using the @code{diff} program (@code{dired-diff}). The | |
823 file at the mark is the first argument of @code{diff}, and the file at | |
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829 @findex dired-backup-diff | |
830 @kindex M-= @r{(Dired)} | |
831 @item M-= | |
832 Compare the current file with its latest backup file | |
833 (@code{dired-backup-diff}). If the current file is itself a backup, | |
834 compare it with the file it is a backup of; this way, you can compare | |
835 a file with any backup version of your choice. | |
836 | |
837 The backup file is the first file given to @code{diff}. | |
838 @end table | |
839 | |
840 @node Subdirectories in Dired | |
841 @section Subdirectories in Dired | |
842 @cindex subdirectories in Dired | |
843 @cindex expanding subdirectories in Dired | |
844 | |
845 A Dired buffer displays just one directory in the normal case; | |
846 but you can optionally include its subdirectories as well. | |
847 | |
848 The simplest way to include multiple directories in one Dired buffer is | |
849 to specify the options @samp{-lR} for running @code{ls}. (If you give a | |
850 numeric argument when you run Dired, then you can specify these options | |
851 in the minibuffer.) That produces a recursive directory listing showing | |
852 all subdirectories at all levels. | |
853 | |
854 But usually all the subdirectories are too many; usually you will | |
855 prefer to include specific subdirectories only. You can do this with | |
856 the @kbd{i} command: | |
857 | |
858 @table @kbd | |
859 @findex dired-maybe-insert-subdir | |
860 @kindex i @r{(Dired)} | |
861 @item i | |
862 @cindex inserted subdirectory (Dired) | |
863 @cindex in-situ subdirectory (Dired) | |
864 Insert the contents of a subdirectory later in the buffer. | |
865 @end table | |
866 | |
867 Use the @kbd{i} (@code{dired-maybe-insert-subdir}) command on a line | |
868 that describes a file which is a directory. It inserts the contents of | |
869 that directory into the same Dired buffer, and moves there. Inserted | |
870 subdirectory contents follow the top-level directory of the Dired | |
871 buffer, just as they do in @samp{ls -lR} output. | |
872 | |
873 If the subdirectory's contents are already present in the buffer, the | |
874 @kbd{i} command just moves to it. | |
875 | |
876 In either case, @kbd{i} sets the Emacs mark before moving, so @kbd{C-u | |
877 C-@key{SPC}} takes you back to the old position in the buffer (the line | |
878 describing that subdirectory). | |
879 | |
880 Use the @kbd{l} command (@code{dired-do-redisplay}) to update the | |
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884 @node Subdirectory Motion | |
885 @section Moving Over Subdirectories | |
886 | |
887 When a Dired buffer lists subdirectories, you can use the page motion | |
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891 @cindex header line (Dired) | |
892 @cindex directory header lines | |
893 The following commands move across, up and down in the tree of | |
894 directories within one Dired buffer. They move to @dfn{directory header | |
895 lines}, which are the lines that give a directory's name, at the | |
896 beginning of the directory's contents. | |
897 | |
898 @table @kbd | |
899 @findex dired-next-subdir | |
900 @kindex C-M-n @r{(Dired)} | |
901 @item C-M-n | |
902 Go to next subdirectory header line, regardless of level | |
903 (@code{dired-next-subdir}). | |
904 | |
905 @findex dired-prev-subdir | |
906 @kindex C-M-p @r{(Dired)} | |
907 @item C-M-p | |
908 Go to previous subdirectory header line, regardless of level | |
909 (@code{dired-prev-subdir}). | |
910 | |
911 @findex dired-tree-up | |
912 @kindex C-M-u @r{(Dired)} | |
913 @item C-M-u | |
914 Go up to the parent directory's header line (@code{dired-tree-up}). | |
915 | |
916 @findex dired-tree-down | |
917 @kindex C-M-d @r{(Dired)} | |
918 @item C-M-d | |
919 Go down in the directory tree, to the first subdirectory's header line | |
920 (@code{dired-tree-down}). | |
921 | |
922 @findex dired-prev-dirline | |
923 @kindex < @r{(Dired)} | |
924 @item < | |
925 Move up to the previous directory-file line (@code{dired-prev-dirline}). | |
926 These lines are the ones that describe a directory as a file in its | |
927 parent directory. | |
928 | |
929 @findex dired-next-dirline | |
930 @kindex > @r{(Dired)} | |
931 @item > | |
932 Move down to the next directory-file line (@code{dired-prev-dirline}). | |
933 @end table | |
934 | |
935 @node Hiding Subdirectories | |
936 @section Hiding Subdirectories | |
937 | |
938 @cindex hiding in Dired (Dired) | |
939 @dfn{Hiding} a subdirectory means to make it invisible, except for its | |
940 header line, via selective display (@pxref{Selective Display}). | |
941 | |
942 @table @kbd | |
943 @item $ | |
944 @findex dired-hide-subdir | |
945 @kindex $ @r{(Dired)} | |
946 Hide or reveal the subdirectory that point is in, and move point to the | |
947 next subdirectory (@code{dired-hide-subdir}). A numeric argument serves | |
948 as a repeat count. | |
949 | |
950 @item M-$ | |
951 @findex dired-hide-all | |
952 @kindex M-$ @r{(Dired)} | |
953 Hide all subdirectories in this Dired buffer, leaving only their header | |
954 lines (@code{dired-hide-all}). Or, if any subdirectory is currently | |
955 hidden, make all subdirectories visible again. You can use this command | |
956 to get an overview in very deep directory trees or to move quickly to | |
957 subdirectories far away. | |
958 @end table | |
959 | |
960 Ordinary Dired commands never consider files inside a hidden | |
961 subdirectory. For example, the commands to operate on marked files | |
962 ignore files in hidden directories even if they are marked. Thus you | |
963 can use hiding to temporarily exclude subdirectories from operations | |
964 without having to remove the markers. | |
965 | |
966 The subdirectory hiding commands toggle; that is, they hide what was | |
967 visible, and show what was hidden. | |
968 | |
969 @node Dired Updating | |
970 @section Updating the Dired Buffer | |
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974 This section describes commands to update the Dired buffer to reflect | |
975 outside (non-Dired) changes in the directories and files, and to delete | |
976 part of the Dired buffer. | |
977 | |
978 @table @kbd | |
979 @item g | |
980 Update the entire contents of the Dired buffer (@code{revert-buffer}). | |
981 | |
982 @item l | |
983 Update the specified files (@code{dired-do-redisplay}). | |
984 | |
985 @item k | |
986 Delete the specified @emph{file lines}---not the files, just the lines | |
987 (@code{dired-do-kill-lines}). | |
988 | |
989 @item s | |
990 Toggle between alphabetical order and date/time order | |
991 (@code{dired-sort-toggle-or-edit}). | |
992 | |
993 @item C-u s @var{switches} @key{RET} | |
994 Refresh the Dired buffer using @var{switches} as | |
995 @code{dired-listing-switches}. | |
996 @end table | |
997 | |
998 @kindex g @r{(Dired)} | |
999 @findex revert-buffer @r{(Dired)} | |
1000 Type @kbd{g} (@code{revert-buffer}) to update the contents of the | |
1001 Dired buffer, based on changes in the files and directories listed. | |
1002 This preserves all marks except for those on files that have vanished. | |
1003 Hidden subdirectories are updated but remain hidden. | |
1004 | |
1005 @kindex l @r{(Dired)} | |
1006 @findex dired-do-redisplay | |
1007 To update only some of the files, type @kbd{l} | |
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1014 If you use @kbd{l} on a subdirectory header line, it updates the | |
1015 contents of the corresponding subdirectory. | |
1016 | |
1017 @kindex k @r{(Dired)} | |
1018 @findex dired-do-kill-lines | |
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1025 If you kill the line for a file that is a directory, the directory's | |
1026 contents are also deleted from the buffer. Typing @kbd{C-u k} on the | |
1027 header line for a subdirectory is another way to delete a subdirectory | |
1028 from the Dired buffer. | |
1029 | |
1030 The @kbd{g} command brings back any individual lines that you have | |
1031 killed in this way, but not subdirectories---you must use @kbd{i} to | |
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1034 @cindex Dired sorting | |
1035 @cindex sorting Dired buffer | |
1036 @kindex s @r{(Dired)} | |
1037 @findex dired-sort-toggle-or-edit | |
1038 The files in a Dired buffers are normally listed in alphabetical order | |
1039 by file names. Alternatively Dired can sort them by date/time. The | |
1040 Dired command @kbd{s} (@code{dired-sort-toggle-or-edit}) switches | |
1041 between these two sorting modes. The mode line in a Dired buffer | |
1042 indicates which way it is currently sorted---by name, or by date. | |
1043 | |
1044 @kbd{C-u s @var{switches} @key{RET}} lets you specify a new value for | |
1045 @code{dired-listing-switches}. | |
1046 | |
1047 @node Dired and Find | |
1048 @section Dired and @code{find} | |
1049 @cindex @code{find} and Dired | |
1050 | |
1051 You can select a set of files for display in a Dired buffer more | |
1052 flexibly by using the @code{find} utility to choose the files. | |
1053 | |
1054 @findex find-name-dired | |
1055 To search for files with names matching a wildcard pattern use | |
1056 @kbd{M-x find-name-dired}. It reads arguments @var{directory} and | |
1057 @var{pattern}, and chooses all the files in @var{directory} or its | |
1058 subdirectories whose individual names match @var{pattern}. | |
1059 | |
1060 The files thus chosen are displayed in a Dired buffer in which the | |
1061 ordinary Dired commands are available. | |
1062 | |
1063 @findex find-grep-dired | |
1064 If you want to test the contents of files, rather than their names, | |
1065 use @kbd{M-x find-grep-dired}. This command reads two minibuffer | |
1066 arguments, @var{directory} and @var{regexp}; it chooses all the files in | |
1067 @var{directory} or its subdirectories that contain a match for | |
1068 @var{regexp}. It works by running the programs @code{find} and | |
1069 @code{grep}. See also @kbd{M-x grep-find}, in @ref{Compilation}. | |
1070 Remember to write the regular expression for @code{grep}, not for Emacs. | |
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1074 @findex find-dired | |
1075 The most general command in this series is @kbd{M-x find-dired}, which | |
1076 lets you specify any condition that @code{find} can test. It takes two | |
1077 minibuffer arguments, @var{directory} and @var{find-args}; it runs | |
1078 @code{find} in @var{directory}, passing @var{find-args} to tell | |
1079 @code{find} what condition to test. To use this command, you need to | |
1080 know how to use @code{find}. | |
1081 | |
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1091 The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by the | |
1092 variable @code{find-ls-option}, whose default value specifies using | |
1093 options @samp{-ld} for @code{ls}. If your listings are corrupted, you | |
1094 may need to change the value of this variable. | |
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1116 what was pushed onto the kill ring, so you can use it to display the |
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1117 list of currently marked files in the echo area. It also stores the |
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1118 list of names in the variable @code{dired-marked-files}, for use in |
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1119 Lisp expressions. |
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1120 @end table |
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