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Re: emacs interface for the unix file(1) command
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Matthias Meulien |
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Re: emacs interface for the unix file(1) command |
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09 Oct 2003 23:27:24 +0200 |
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Roland Winkler <Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
> Is there also something that allows me to "do the right thing"
> according to the output of file?
Use `dired-do-shell-command' which is binded to the `!' key. For
example,
! file ? | grep PostScript - && gv ? RET
will open the current file with GhostView if and only if it is a
PostScript file; It works with list of files when using the process
mark.
Here `dired-aux' needs to be loaded.
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Matthias