GNU bug report logs - #32733
26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo

Previous Next

Full log

Message #8 received at 32733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 32733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32733: 26; (dired-x) `Shell Command Guessing' typo
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:28:22 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> 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.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.