From b23e22e0de6b63d984bc1b90f1498f6c7e17f13f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:01:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify dired-do-shell-command doc string * lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Mention what happens to FILE-LIST (bug#47432). (cherry picked from commit cf607c262e15c873961fdfcced254e6f8e82f8d7) --- lisp/dired-aux.el | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index 6c7908118a8..b45ea56c895 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -703,6 +703,8 @@ If no files are marked or a numeric prefix arg is given, the next ARG files are used. Just \\[universal-argument] means the current file. The prompt mentions the file(s) or the marker, as appropriate. +When executing, FILE-LIST is appended to the COMMAND string. + If there is a `*' in COMMAND, surrounded by whitespace, this runs COMMAND just once with the entire file list substituted there. -- 2.39.2