Using ded

To run ded, type:

% ded
for the current directory, or

% ded <files>
such as:

% ded *.cpp

Motion Commands:

j

steps to the next file.

k

steps to previous file.

f

goes forward a window, leaving a one line overlap.

b

goes backward a window, leaving a one line overlap.

1

goes to the first entry of the first screen.

G

goes to the last entry of the last screen.

/

does a forward regular-expression search of the filenames starting with the current entry, and posi- tions the cursor on that entry. If nothing is entered to the prompt, the last regular expression is used, and the search starts at the next entry.

?

does a reverse regular expression search.

Actions you can take:

Q

quit ded

h

gives help (currently not working on turing. use the man page and this qref instead until it is working)

d

delete the file

u

undelete the file

t

"type" out the file

!

use the file in a shell command (the name of the file is % in the command)

e

edit a file:

• If a plain file, invoke the editor set in the EDITOR environment variable.
• If a directory, call ded on this directory recursively. Then to return, just type 'Q' to exit the new directory.

s

sort the list. It will prompt you for how you want to sort it. Among the options are:

w

most recent first (write-date)

s

largest first

n

by name (default)

To find out more about what files are okay to delete, look at the cleaning space qref.

For more information on ded, look at the man page on ded(1).