GNU bug report logs - #35325
Enable dired wildcards from the command line

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:39:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 35325-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 35325-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35325: Enable dired wildcards from the command line
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:15 -0400

> (dired "/tmp/p*") works great.
> So why can't one do
> $ emacs /tmp/\*p
> to get the same effect? (Directory slice.)

This would make it impossible to visit a (possibly new) file literally
named "/tmp/*p".

emacs --eval '(dired "bin/p*")'  works, and can eg be defined as a shell
function if used often.
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