Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired commands
to operate on the files listed.
+ The Dired-X package provides various extra features for Dired mode.
+@xref{,Dired-X,,dired-x, Dired Extra Version 2 User's Manual}.
+
@menu
* Enter: Dired Enter. How to invoke Dired.
* Commands: Dired Commands. Commands in the Dired buffer.
* Hiding Subdirectories:: Making subdirectories visible or invisible.
* Updating: Dired Updating. Discarding lines for files of no interest.
* Find: Dired and Find. Using `find' to choose the files for Dired.
-* Extra: Dired Extra Features. Dired-X provides more features.
@end menu
@node Dired Enter
the beginning of the line. This command moves point to the next line,
so that repeated @kbd{d} commands flag successive files. A numeric
argument serves as a repeat count.
+
@vindex dired-recursive-deletes
-The variable @code{dired-recursive-deletes} determines if the delete
-command will delete non-empty directories recursively. The default
-is to delete only empty directories.
+ The variable @code{dired-recursive-deletes} controls whether the
+delete command will delete non-empty directories (including their
+contents). The default is to delete only empty directories.
@kindex u @r{(Dired deletion)}
@kindex DEL @r{(Dired)}
Copy the specified files (@code{dired-do-copy}). The argument @var{new}
is the directory to copy into, or (if copying a single file) the new
name.
-@vindex dired-recursive-copies
-The variable @code{dired-recursive-copies} determines if directories are
-copied recursively. The default is to not copy recursively.
@vindex dired-copy-preserve-time
If @code{dired-copy-preserve-time} is non-@code{nil}, then copying with
this command sets the modification time of the new file to be the same
as that of the old file.
+@vindex dired-recursive-copies
+The variable @code{dired-recursive-copies} controls whether
+directories are copied recursively. The default is to not copy
+recursively, which means that directories cannot be copied.
+
@item D
@findex dired-do-delete
@kindex D @r{(Dired)}
file.
@end itemize
-What if you want to run the shell command once for each file but with
-the file name inserted in the middle? Or if you want to use the file
-names in a more complicated fashion? Use a shell loop. For example,
-this shell command would run @code{uuencode} on each of the specified
-files, writing the output into a corresponding @file{.uu} file:
+What if you want to run the shell command once for each file, with the
+file name inserted in the middle? You can use @samp{?} in the command
+instead of @samp{*}. The current file name is substituted for
+@samp{?}. You can use @samp{?} more than once. For instance, here is
+how to uuencode each file, making the output file name by appending
+@samp{.uu} to the input file name:
@example
-for file in *; do uuencode $file $file >$file.uu; done
+uuencode ? ? > ?.uu
@end example
-@noindent
-In simple cases you can instead use @samp{?} in the command. This is
-similar to @samp{*} but the command will be run on each file
-individually.
+To use the file names in a more complicated fashion, you can use a
+shell loop. For example, this shell command is another way to
+uuencode each file:
+
+@example
+for file in *; do uuencode $file $file >$file.uu; done
+@end example
The working directory for the shell command is the top-level directory
of the Dired buffer.
@code{find} what condition to test. To use this command, you need to
know how to use @code{find}.
+@pindex locate
+@findex locate
+@findex locate-with-filter
+@cindex file database (locate)
+@vindex locate-command
+ @kbd{M-x locate} provides a similar interface to the @code{locate}.
+@kbd{M-x locate-with-filter} is similar, but keeps only lines matching
+a given regular expression.
+
@vindex find-ls-option
The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by the
variable @code{find-ls-option}, whose default value specifies using
options @samp{-ld} for @code{ls}. If your listings are corrupted, you
may need to change the value of this variable.
-
-@node Dired Extra Features
-@section Extra Features for Dired
-
-The Dired-X package provides various extra features for Dired mode. You
-can load it with @code{M-x load-library} or customize
-@code{dired-load-hook} to add @code{dired-require-dired-x}.
-@xref{,Dired-X,,dired-x, Dired Extra Version 2 User's Manual}.