Dired

Tips on using dired in emacs

cmd Action
( kills the info at the begining of the lines
C-u s prompt for new sorting method
m marks
u unmarks
t inverts
k removes "Kills" them from the buffer… not the files
R moves files around
C-M-RET Returns from search
z to make a tar archive
+ creates a new directory
   

New directory Notes

In dired: + (dired-create-directory) — prompts for the name, creates it, and moves point to it. Intermediate directories in the path are created too (foo/bar/baz works in one shot).

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