Dired keybind reference sheet

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This is a reference sheet for our favorite dired commands and keybinds. Here some other prominent cheat sheets:

• See the general reference sheet for more.
• See evil-collection-dired for an exhaustive list of Evil keybinds for dired.

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If the vanilla key is omitted, it’s because it’s the same as the evil key.

Entering dired

Evil Key	Vanilla Key	Description
SPCfd	C-cfd	Open directory in dired (prompts you)
SPCo-	C-co-	Open current directory in dired
SPCp. + RET	C-cpD	Open project root in dired

Leaving dired

Key	Description
q	Kill all dired buffers

File IO

Evil Key	Vanilla Key	Description
D		Delete the file at point
R		Rename the file at point
C		Copy the file at point
+		Create a directory
SPC.	C-xC-f	Create a new file
=		Diff files
Z		Compress a file/directory

File listing

Evil Key	Vanilla Key	Description
gr	g	Refresh the dired buffer
)		dired-git-info-mode
SPCmh	C-clh	Toggle hidden files

Navigation

Evil Key	Vanilla Key	Description
RET		Visit the file/directory
gO	o	Visit file/directory in other window
-	^	Go up one directory

Marking files

Key	Description
m	Mark files
%m	Mark files by regexp
!	Run shell command on marked files
d	Mark file(s) for deletion
x	Delete marked files
u	Unmark a file/directory
U	Unmark all marked files/directories

Renaming files/directories in bulk

1. C-cC-e to activate wgrep (a writable grep buffer).
2. Make your modifications (or deletions) to the file paths like you’re editing plain text.
3. Commit your changes with C-cC-c or abort with C-cC-k