| Basic navigation |
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| M-x dired | Start directory-edit mode |
| ^ | Move to parent directory |
| s | Toggle sort order |
| i | Insert subdirectory listing |
| M-C-n | Move to next directory listing |
| M-C-p | Move to previous directory listing |
| $ | Hide or show directory listing |
| C-u k | Remove this subdirectory listing |
| Simple operations |
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| d | Flag a file for deletion |
| u | Un-flag for deletion |
| ~ | Flag backup files for deletion |
| % d | Flag files for deletion by regexp |
| x | Delete all flagged files |
| + | Create a directory |
| v | View (read-only) file at point |
| e | Edit file at point |
| Asterisk-marking |
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| * m | Mark file with asterisk |
| * u | Unmark file |
| * * | Mark executable files |
| C-u * * | Unmark executable files |
| * @ | Mark symlinks |
| C-u * @ | Unmark symlinks |
| * / | Mark directories |
| C-u * / | Unmark directories |
| * ! | Remove all asterisk marks |
| % m | Asterisk-mark files whose name matches regexp |
| % g | Asterisk-mark files whose content matches regexp (a la grep) |
| Operations on asterisk-marked files |
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| * t | Toggle marks |
| * C-n | Move to next asterisk-marked file |
| * C-p | Move to previous asterisk-marked file |
| * c | Change all X marks to Y marks |
| % u | Uppercase filename |
| % l | Lowercase filename |
| C | Copy |
| D | Delete |
| R | Rename |
| M | Chmod |
| G | Chgrp |
| O | Chown |
| P | Print |
| Z | Compress |
| X | Execute shell command on file(s) |