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authorRobert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>2018-09-14 15:57:14 +0200
committerRobert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>2018-09-14 15:58:17 +0200
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Clarify meaning of '*'
* doc/misc/dired-x.texi (Shell Command Guessing): Clarify meaning of '*'. (Bug#32733)
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@@ -593,8 +593,7 @@ where each @var{command} can either be a string or a Lisp expression
that evaluates to a string. If several commands are given, all of
them will temporarily be pushed onto the history.
-If @samp{*} in the shell command, that means to substitute the file
-name.
+A @samp{*} in the shell command is replaced by the file name.
You can set this variable in your @file{~/.emacs}. For example,
to add rules for @samp{.foo} and @samp{.bar} file extensions, write