Dired
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Dired is a inbuilt File Manager for Emacs. Its arguably the best file manager with the functionality it possesses. Unlike any other file mangers the directory listing is just as an another buffer of Emacs with dired-mode as Major Mode.
| Description | File Manager for Emacs. |
|---|---|
| Author | name of author |
| Maintainer | FSF |
| Source | http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/dired.el |
| Part of Emacs | yes |
Usage
Dired has countless functionality.
- [C-x d] (or M-x dired)
- ask for a directory and puts you into a buffer with direct listing of that directory.
- [C-x C-j] (or M-x dired-jump)
- jump to a dired buffer corresponding to the current buffer.
See Also
Dired+ - a package that extends the functionalities of Dired