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RE: dired and `ls' flags
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: dired and `ls' flags |
Date: |
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:24:21 -0700 |
> > I've pounded away in the dired section of the manual
> > but haven't uncovered the technique
Hm...
> > required to change what the buffer looks like.
> > I guess its some way of telling emacs to use different
> > `ls' flags.... How is that done?
>
> dired-listing-switches is a variable defined in `dired.el'.
> Its value is "-al"
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."
And if you check the command's doc string: `C-h k C-x d' (or `C-h f dired'), you
see the same thing explained:
"Optional second argument SWITCHES specifies the `ls'
options used. (Interactively, use a prefix argument to be
able to specify SWITCHES.)"