GNU Emacs Manual - Dired Enter

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## Entering Dired

To invoke Dired, do `C-x d` or `M-x dired`. The command reads a directory name or wildcard file name pattern as a minibuffer argument to specify which files to list. Where `dired` differs from `list-directory` is in putting the buffer into Dired mode so that the special commands of Dired are available.

The variable `dired-listing-switches` specifies the options to give to `ls` for listing directory; this string must contain ``-l'`. If you use a numeric prefix argument with the `dired` command, you can specify the `ls` switches with the minibuffer before you enter the directory specification.

To display the Dired buffer in another window rather than in the selected window, use `C-x 4 d` (`dired-other-window`) instead of `C-x d`. `C-x 5 d` (`dired-other-frame`) uses a separate frame to display the Dired buffer.

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