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DIRED(1) General Commands Manual DIRED(1) NAME dired - directory editor SYNOPSIS dired [ option ... ] [ file ] DESCRIPTION Dired displays a directory listing like (see ls(1)) and allows you to prowl around the listed entries, deleting, editing, and displaying them. It requires a cursor-addressed terminal identified in environ- ment variable TERM; see term(9.1) to simulate such terminals in mux(9.1). With no file argument, the current directory is listed. With only one file argument, the argument is interpreted as a directory and it is listed. With multiple arguments, the arguments are interpreted as filenames. The options are: -[sr][nsrw] Sort the file list by name (default), size, access time, or mod- ification time. Ordering for s is increasing if by name, de- creasing otherwise. Ordering is opposite for r. -wn If n is f, use the full screen; if h, use half the screen (de- fault); if a number, use n lines for the directory listing, re- serving the rest of the screen for quick file display. The fields of a dired listing are: mode, link count, owner, size, write date and name. A cursor shows the current entry. Commands consist of single characters; arguments are prompted for at the bottom of the screen. To get a complete list, use the help com- mand. Fuller descriptions of less obvious commands are given below. ! Prompt for a shell command. The command is executed with char- acters in the command are replaced by the pathname of the cur- rent entry, and characters by the basename. . Repeat the previous ! shell command, using the current entry to replace or d Mark the current entry for deletion. Deletion of a directory is recursive. e If the current entry is a file, edit it with the editor e, or an editor named by the environment variable EDITOR. If it is a di- rectory, invoke dired recursively for that directory. h ? Display a help file. m Display the current file with the pager p(1), or another pager named by the environment variable PAGER. q Quit this directory level of dired. List the files marked for deletion and request confirmation before deleting them. t Type. Display the current file. In two-window mode pause after each screenfull until you type a carriage return. The display may be interrupted. FILES help file SEE ALSO ls(1) DIAGNOSTICS While dired is preparing a listing it reports `Reading', and types a dot for each 10 files. BUGS Long lines and diagnostics can foul up the display. Needs a command to search for a given file. The off-line print command is broken. DIRED(1)