Variable: dired-omit-mode

dired-omit-mode is a buffer-local variable defined in dired-x.el.gz.

Documentation

Non-nil if Dired-Omit mode is enabled.

Use the command dired-omit-mode(var)/dired-omit-mode(fun) to change this variable.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired-x.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode dired-omit-mode
  "Toggle omission of uninteresting files in Dired (Dired-Omit mode).

Dired-Omit mode is a buffer-local minor mode.  When enabled in a
Dired buffer, Dired does not list files whose filenames match
regexp `dired-omit-files', nor files ending with extensions in
`dired-omit-extensions'.

To enable omitting in every Dired buffer, you can put this in
your init file:

  (add-hook \\='dired-mode-hook (lambda () (dired-omit-mode)))

See Info node `(dired-x) Omitting Variables' for more information."
  :group 'dired-x
  (if dired-omit-mode
      ;; This will mention how many lines were omitted:
      (let ((dired-omit-size-limit nil)) (dired-omit-expunge))
    (revert-buffer)))