Variable: dired-omit-files

dired-omit-files is a customizable variable defined in dired-x.el.gz.

Value

"\\`[.]?#\\|\\`[.][.]?\\'"

Documentation

Filenames matching this regexp will not be displayed.

This only has effect when dired-omit-mode(var)/dired-omit-mode(fun) is t. See interactive function dired-omit-mode(var)/dired-omit-mode(fun) (M-x dired-omit-mode (dired-omit-mode)) and variable
dired-omit-extensions. The default is to omit ., .., auto-save
files and lock files.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired-x.el.gz
(defcustom dired-omit-files "\\`[.]?#\\|\\`[.][.]?\\'"
  "Filenames matching this regexp will not be displayed.
This only has effect when `dired-omit-mode' is t.  See interactive function
`dired-omit-mode' (\\[dired-omit-mode]) and variable
`dired-omit-extensions'.  The default is to omit  `.', `..', auto-save
files and lock files."
  :type 'regexp
  :group 'dired-x)