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3.1.6 Selecting files

INS, ^T, ^X \, ^\

 
Toggle the ‘selected’ flag of the current entry
(‘select-entry’).

^C s

 
Select (marks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a space
separated list of shell patterns.  Spaces and \s are allowed in the
patterns but they have to be escaped with a \.  The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘select-files-matching-pattern’).

^C u

 
Unselect (unmarks) all the files matching at least one pattern from a
space separated list of shell patterns.  Spaces and \s are allowed in
the patterns but they have to be escaped with a \.  The user will be
prompted for a pattern to match against
(‘unselect-files-matching-pattern’).

ESC +

 
Select (marks) all the files having the same extension as the current
file.  If the current file name doesn't have an extension or starts with
a dot, no files are selected (‘select-extension’).

ESC -

 
Unselect (unmarks) all the files having the same extension as the
current file.  If the current file name doesn't have an extension or
starts with a dot, no files are unselected (‘unselect-extension’).

See section Selecting files matching patterns, for additional ways of selecting and unselecting files.

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