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bp1497@att.com writes:

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

I like the command `% g' which marks files containg a certain
regexp. `Q' is also useful. Check what the different commands in the
dired menus does. They are full of useful stuff.