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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2012-01-10 21:37:31 -0500 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2012-01-10 21:37:31 -0500 |
| commit | 090446227fc1de9a69449cda72bbf541c32a7f86 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e524fe5daa148a79e19c718edd980574ce35262 /lisp/dired-aux.el | |
| parent | e52c37fad057b29d68c51cf3a70b2e0d94f656cb (diff) | |
| download | emacs-090446227fc1de9a69449cda72bbf541c32a7f86.tar.gz | |
* lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Doc fix.
(Inspired by the Emacs manual.)
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/dired-aux.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index 19ed74b2078..2d05be312eb 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -576,8 +576,11 @@ file name added at the end of COMMAND (separated by a space). `*' and `?' when not surrounded by whitespace have no special significance for `dired-do-shell-command', and are passed through -normally to the shell, but you must confirm first. To pass `*' by -itself to the shell as a wildcard, type `*\"\"'. +normally to the shell, but you must confirm first. + +If you want to use `*' as a shell wildcard with whitespace around +it, write `*\"\"' in place of just `*'. This is equivalent to just +`*' in the shell, but avoids Dired's special handling. If COMMAND produces output, it goes to a separate buffer. |