Subject: Re: bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo

From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:28:22 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> This is not clear:
>
>   If '*' in the shell command, that means to substitute the file name.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Probably it should be something like "If `*' appears in the shell
> command..." or "If there is an asterisk (`*') in the shell command..."
> or "If the shell command contains `*'...".
>

How about:

A @samp{*} in the shell command is replaced by the file name.