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The file system groups files into directories. A directory listing is a list of all the files in a directory. Emacs provides commands to create and delete directories, and to make directory listings in brief format (file names only) and verbose format (sizes, dates, and authors included). There is also a directory browser called Dired; see Dired.
C-x C-d dir-or-pattern RET
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Display a brief directory listing ( |
C-u C-x C-d dir-or-pattern RET
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Display a verbose directory listing. |
M-x make-directory RET dirname RET
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Create a new directory named dirname. |
M-x delete-directory RET dirname RET
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Delete the directory named dirname. It must be empty, or you get an error. |
The command to display a directory listing is C-x C-d
(list-directory). It reads using the minibuffer a file name
which is either a directory to be listed or a wildcard-containing
pattern for the files to be listed. For example,
C-x C-d /u2/emacs/etc RET
lists all the files in directory `/u2/emacs/etc'. Here is an
example of specifying a file name pattern:
C-x C-d /u2/emacs/src/*.c RET
Normally, C-x C-d prints a brief directory listing containing
just file names. A numeric argument (regardless of value) tells it to
make a verbose listing including sizes, dates, and authors (like
`ls -l').
The text of a directory listing is obtained by running ls in an
inferior process. Two Emacs variables control the switches passed to
ls: list-directory-brief-switches is a string giving the
switches to use in brief listings ("-CF" by default), and
list-directory-verbose-switches is a string giving the switches to
use in a verbose listing ("-l" by default).
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