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(efaq)Dired claims that no file is on this line

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Dired says, "no file on this line" when I try to do something.
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   Chances are you're using a localized version of Unix that doesn't
use US date format in dired listings.  You can check this by looking at
dired listings or by typing `ls -l' to a shell and looking at the dates
that come out.

   Dired uses a regular expression to find the beginning of a file name.
In a long Unix-style directory listing (`ls -l'), the file name starts
after the date.  The regexp has thus been written to look for the date,
the format of which can vary on non-US systems.

   There are two approaches to solving this.  The first one involves
setting things up so that `ls -l' outputs US date format.  This can be
done by setting the locale.  See your OS manual for more information.

   The second approach involves changing the regular expression used by
dired, `dired-move-to-filename-regexp'.