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### 1.1 Features

Some features provided by Dired Extra

1. Omitting uninteresting files from Dired listing.
   See Omitting Files in Dired.
2. Local variables for Dired directories.
   See Local Variables.
3. Guessing shell commands in Dired buffers.
   See Shell Command Guessing.
4. Running Dired command in non-Dired buffers.
   See Virtual Dired.
5. Finding a file mentioned in a buffer
   See Find File At Point.
6. Commands using file marking.
   See Advanced Mark Commands.

`dired-x.el` binds some functions to keys in Dired Mode (see Key Index) and also binds `C-x C-j` and `C-x 4 C-j` globally to `dired-jump` (see Miscellaneous Commands). It may also bind `C-x C-f` and `C-x 4 C-f` to `dired-x-find-file` and `dired-x-find-file-other-window`, respectively (see Find File At Point).