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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/dired-aux.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index 19ed74b2078..2d05be312eb 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -576,8 +576,11 @@ file name added at the end of COMMAND (separated by a space). `*' and `?' when not surrounded by whitespace have no special significance for `dired-do-shell-command', and are passed through -normally to the shell, but you must confirm first. To pass `*' by -itself to the shell as a wildcard, type `*\"\"'. +normally to the shell, but you must confirm first. + +If you want to use `*' as a shell wildcard with whitespace around +it, write `*\"\"' in place of just `*'. This is equivalent to just +`*' in the shell, but avoids Dired's special handling. If COMMAND produces output, it goes to a separate buffer. |