Dired is a major mode that allows users to edit files and directories on a file system. It is essentially a file browser, with a wide range of features and an appearance similar to the ls command.
Questions tagged [dired]
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How to quickly copy/move file in Emacs Dired?
In Dired mode, I can m mark files and R to move them to a destination.
Some times the destination path is too long. With the destination open in a split window, is there a way to move files quicker?
When I see the two dired windows on the screen,…
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Current path in Dired or Dired+ to clipboard
Say we have a Dired buffer open on some directory. How can I send the directory path to the clipboard?
Also, how can I do the same when the Dired cursor is on a specific file, without opening the file first?
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Finding files by names
How can I bring all files with names that conform a specific regex, recursively in a directory tree, to a single dired buffer?
So I can rename/delete them all at once?
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How to mark all files in the current dired directory?
I want to mark all the files in the current dired buffer. Is there a command for this? Not including . and ...
My use case is hardlinking all the files in a directory and I always reach for M which is change mode. I can remove all marks with either…
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how to deal with ZIP archives in DIRED?
I want to work easier with archives in Emacs dired-mode. And I think that my needs are not only mine.
What I want? Two things in Dired:
z to zip file or dir on cursor (or all marked files/dirs if marks are exists); the name of new archive should be…
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In dired buffers, place point on the most important file of that directory
90% of the time I visit a directory in Emacs, the first thing I do is
move point to a specific file and open it. A lot of times, the file I
need to open is very predictable. For instance:
If there are .tex files in this directory, I usually go…
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How to rename a file with dired with the current file name as default?
In the macOS Finder, I can rename a file or directory by pressing RET and the current value becomes the default for the new file name. This helps if I make a small change, such as adding a date at the beginning of the filename.
In Emacs with dired,…
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How to use Dired marked files as arguments to arbitrary Emacs Lisp functions?
Dired lets me mark files and pass their names as arguments to arbitrary shell commands. I would like a way to supply the marked names as arguments to Emacs Lisp functions, either built-in or those I write myself.
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Dired. First show list of folders
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Dired+
Here example of my folder's content:
As you can see the files and folder are mixed. But I want first to show list of folders and after show list of files.
Is it possible?
With respect to the answer by @Drew:
I…
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How can I make Dired buffer names include the full path?
I often have many dired buffers open, including some for folders that have identical names. Occasionally, this causes me to switch to the wrong one, so I am looking for a way to fix this.
Currently, if I have multiple identically-named folders open…
Scott Weldon
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How show hidden and system folder/files?
Emacs 26.1. , Dired+
Here content folder TraderMonitor in Total Commander:
and here how look same folder (TraderMonitor) in Emacs, dired mode:
How show hidden/system folders:
.git
.idea
and file:
.gitignore
?
P.S.
If I start by emacs -Q I see…
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How to only show the file/directory column in a Dired buffer
When visiting a directory: In the view that comes up, I want the file/directory names to be in the left-most column. How can I do that?
Kirill Yunussov
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Copy to kill-ring selected file names/full path
windows 10, emacs 25.1, dired+
Suppose in folder I select 3 files.
Something like this:
Now I want 2 options:
Copy to kill-ring the selected files names.
So the result must…
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How show size in KB in dired mode?
Windows 10 (64 bit), Emacs 25.1, package dired+.
In dired mode files size show in bytes. But I want to show in KB.
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Dired+. Mouse click - open folder in the same window
When I open a folder by pressing "Enter" it will open in the same window:
This behavior is OK and basically what I expect.
But when I try to open a folder by clicking with the left mouse button the folder will open in another window:
I would like…
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