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diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index de449e31c37..39caab086c2 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ The former lists all the files with extension @samp{.el} in directory @samp{foo}. The latter lists the files with extension @samp{.el} in all the subdirectories of @samp{foo}. +When the system shell supports globstar and it's enabled, then you +can use recursive globbing: + +@example +C-x d ~/foo/**/*.el @key{RET} +@end example + +This command lists all the files with extension @samp{.el} descending +recursively in all the subdirectories of @samp{foo}. Note that there +are small differences in the implementation of globstar between shells. +Check your shell manual to know the expected behavior. + +@vindex dired-maybe-use-globstar +@vindex dired-enable-globstar-in-shell +If the shell supports globstar and disables it by default, you +can still enable this feature with @code{dired-maybe-use-globstar} if +the shell is included in @code{dired-enable-globstar-in-shell}. + The usual history and completion commands can be used in the minibuffer; in particular, @kbd{M-n} puts the name of the visited file (if any) in the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer History}). |