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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/ChangeLog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 7 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 7cdb5217c1..fedbe71d51 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 2012-01-11 Glenn Morris <[email protected]> * dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Fix */? logic. (Bug#6561) + Doc fix. 2012-01-10 Chong Yidong <[email protected]> diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index 19ed74b207..2d05be312e 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. |