emacs_tutorial/doc/dired.org

Dired

Dired is a directory manager. You can find, open copy, move, delete query and manipulate files and directories.

Open a directory with dired and initialize mark regxexp:

%m

Then, use regex to mark the files.

This will mark all the html files in directory

\.html$

This includes all temporary files in dired

$~

This marks all files beginning with "_78"

^_78

Delete, copy, move files or directories

• To delete, first flag the files ("d"). Then, use "x" to execute delete.
• To compare two files, mark the first file, then go to the other file and press "="
• To rename or move files first flag the file, then use "R"
• Mark all files within a directory (except '.' or '..'): *s
• Unmark all marked files in directory: U
• To copy files use "C" over the file you want to copy
• Convert files or directories to lower (%l) or upper case (%u)

Tips

• 'f11' toggle full screen mode the current frame

• ibuffer kill multiple buffers

  • After open a list of buffers "M-x ibuffer" mark itens with "m"

and kill with "D"

• Avoid ido auto complete to rename a file with similar name to those in directory

  • Once you've typed the filename you want, hit C-j instead of RET.
  • You can temporarily switch back to the "normal" minibuffer behaviour by hitting C-f. Then you can tab-complete the old filename, and edit it as needed.
  • From Stackoverflow

• To use nano editor within emacs use:

  • 'CTRL + shift + o' instead of 'CTRL+o' to save changes
  • ESC + ESC + x to close nano

Renaming multiple files in Dired

• Use M-x wdired-change-to-wdired-mode
• Or (this is equivalent), use C-x C-q in a dired session.
• Then you can edit all the files manually.
• To escape from edition use C-c C-c

Substitute text in multiple files within a directory