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GNU Info (emacs)Dired and FindDired and `find' ================ You can select a set of files for display in a Dired buffer more flexibly by using the `find' utility to choose the files. To search for files with names matching a wildcard pattern use `M-x find-name-dired'. It reads arguments DIRECTORY and PATTERN, and chooses all the files in DIRECTORY or its subdirectories whose individual names match PATTERN. The files thus chosen are displayed in a Dired buffer in which the ordinary Dired commands are available. If you want to test the contents of files, rather than their names, use `M-x find-grep-dired'. This command reads two minibuffer arguments, DIRECTORY and REGEXP; it chooses all the files in DIRECTORY or its subdirectories that contain a match for REGEXP. It works by running the programs `find' and `grep'. See also `M-x grep-find', in Note: Compilation. Remember to write the regular expression for `grep', not for Emacs. (An alternative method of showing files whose contents match a given regexp is the `% g REGEXP' command, see Note: Marks vs Flags.) The most general command in this series is `M-x find-dired', which lets you specify any condition that `find' can test. It takes two minibuffer arguments, DIRECTORY and FIND-ARGS; it runs `find' in DIRECTORY, passing FIND-ARGS to tell `find' what condition to test. To use this command, you need to know how to use `find'. `M-x locate' provides a similar interface to the `locate' program. `M-x locate-with-filter' is similar, but keeps only lines matching a given regular expression. The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by the variable `find-ls-option', whose default value specifies using options `-ld' for `ls'. If your listings are corrupted, you may need to change the value of this variable. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |