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GNU Info (emacs)Marks vs FlagsDired Marks vs. Flags ===================== Instead of flagging a file with `D', you can "mark" the file with some other character (usually `*'). Most Dired commands to operate on files use the files marked with `*', the exception being `x' which deletes the flagged files. Here are some commands for marking with `*', or for unmarking or operating on marks. (Note: Dired Deletion, for commands to flag and unflag files.) `m' `* m' Mark the current file with `*' (`dired-mark'). With a numeric argument N, mark the next N files starting with the current file. (If N is negative, mark the previous -N files.) `* *' Mark all executable files with `*' (`dired-mark-executables'). With a numeric argument, unmark all those files. `* @' Mark all symbolic links with `*' (`dired-mark-symlinks'). With a numeric argument, unmark all those files. `* /' Mark with `*' all files which are actually directories, except for `.' and `..' (`dired-mark-directories'). With a numeric argument, unmark all those files. `* s' Mark all the files in the current subdirectory, aside from `.' and `..' (`dired-mark-subdir-files'). `u' `* u' Remove any mark on this line (`dired-unmark'). `<DEL>' `* <DEL>' Move point to previous line and remove any mark on that line (`dired-unmark-backward'). `* !' Remove all marks from all the files in this Dired buffer (`dired-unmark-all-marks'). `* ? MARKCHAR' Remove all marks that use the character MARKCHAR (`dired-unmark-all-files'). The argument is a single character--do not use <RET> to terminate it. See the description of the `* c' command below, which lets you replace one mark character with another. With a numeric argument, this command queries about each marked file, asking whether to remove its mark. You can answer `y' meaning yes, `n' meaning no, or `!' to remove the marks from the remaining files without asking about them. `* C-n' Move down to the next marked file (`dired-next-marked-file') A file is "marked" if it has any kind of mark. `* C-p' Move up to the previous marked file (`dired-prev-marked-file') `* t' Toggle all marks (`dired-do-toggle'): files marked with `*' become unmarked, and unmarked files are marked with `*'. Files marked in any other way are not affected. `* c OLD-MARKCHAR NEW-MARKCHAR' Replace all marks that use the character OLD-MARKCHAR with marks that use the character NEW-MARKCHAR (`dired-change-marks'). This command is the primary way to create or use marks other than `*' or `D'. The arguments are single characters--do not use <RET> to terminate them. You can use almost any character as a mark character by means of this command, to distinguish various classes of files. If OLD-MARKCHAR is a space (` '), then the command operates on all unmarked files; if NEW-MARKCHAR is a space, then the command unmarks the files it acts on. To illustrate the power of this command, here is how to put `D' flags on all the files that have no marks, while unflagging all those that already have `D' flags: * c D t * c SPC D * c t SPC This assumes that no files were already marked with `t'. `% m REGEXP <RET>' `* % REGEXP <RET>' Mark (with `*') all files whose names match the regular expression REGEXP (`dired-mark-files-regexp'). This command is like `% d', except that it marks files with `*' instead of flagging with `D'. Note: Flagging Many Files. Only the non-directory part of the file name is used in matching. Use `^' and `$' to anchor matches. Exclude subdirectories by hiding them (Note: Hiding Subdirectories). `% g REGEXP <RET>' Mark (with `*') all files whose _contents_ contain a match for the regular expression REGEXP (`dired-mark-files-containing-regexp'). This command is like `% m', except that it searches the file contents instead of the file name. `C-_' Undo changes in the Dired buffer, such as adding or removing marks (`dired-undo'). _This command does not revert the actual file operations, nor recover lost files!_ It just undoes changes in the buffer itself. For example, if used after renaming one or more files, `dired-undo' restores the original names, which will get the Dired buffer out of sync with the actual contents of the directory. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |