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From: Ian Zimmerman <nobrowser@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: rookie warning  Can I search files from dired?
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:47:09 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hd6ggjvn.fsf@ahiker.homeip.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1141217080.718534.299050@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>


bp1497> I have dired showing me all the files in a directory, can I
bp1497> execute some kind of search on these files from the dired
bp1497> screen.

bp1497> I know I can do M-x shell, grep some_thing files.

M-x grep

-- 
A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-03-03  5:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-01 12:44 rookie warning Can I search files from dired? bp1497
2006-03-01 16:06 ` pookiebearbottom
2006-03-01 19:45   ` billy
2006-03-02 10:45 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-03-02 23:25 ` Drew Adams
2006-03-03  5:47 ` Ian Zimmerman [this message]
2006-03-03 21:40 ` kgold

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