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25.3; Add option to disable confirmation for dired-do-shell-command

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From: Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.3; Add option to disable confirmation for dired-do-shell-command
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 01:14:37 -0800

dired-do-shell-command always prompts for confirmation if you use * or
? as part of the command proper.  It would be helpful to have an
option to skip confirmation.

In GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.19)
 of 2017-09-16 built on juergen
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Message #8 received at 29190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 29190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29190: 25.3; Add option to disable confirmation for
 dired-do-shell-command
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 02:15:21 +0200

Allen Li <vianchielfaura <at> gmail.com> writes:

> dired-do-shell-command always prompts for confirmation if you use * or
> ? as part of the command proper.  It would be helpful to have an
> option to skip confirmation.

This was apparently fixed in:

commit 142478c0958a233d68616220a6ef49c13f6b28dc
Author:     Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 22 17:48:13 2022 +0100

    Add user option for controlling dired-do-shell-command prompt
    
    * doc/emacs/dired.texi (Shell Commands in Dired): Document option
    * lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-confirm-shell-command): Add option
    (dired-do-shell-command): Check option before prompting
    (bug#29465).


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