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Re: dired and `ls' flags
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Harry Putnam |
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Re: dired and `ls' flags |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:21:11 -0500 |
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"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> And that option is explained front-and-center in the Dired section of the
> manual
> - see the first node, `Dired Enter'.
>
> That same node also mentions that using a prefix arg with command `dired'
> prompts you for the `'ls' switches to use:
>
> "If you use a numeric prefix argument with the `dired' command,
> you can specify the `ls' switches with the minibuffer before
> you enter the directory specification."
Ahaaa... now that is a useful bit of knowledge... quite handy and
needs no extra lisp files.