Alternative to dired-show-file-type(y) to display more detailed file information.
(autoload #'dired-file-info "dired-file-info" "" t)
(with-eval-after-load "dired"
(define-key dired-mode-map "y" #'dired-file-info))| Variable | Default Value |
|---|---|
| dired-file-info-message-language | nil(Auto) |
| dired-file-info-timestamp-format | “%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S” |
| dired-file-info-details-local-file-command | exiftool or stat |
| dired-file-info-details-remote-file-command | stat |
| dired-file-info-details-local-dir-command | stat |
| dired-file-info-details-remote-dir-command | stat |
| dired-file-info-overview-items | - |
The following is the result of displaying directory information. The total file size and number of files are displayed.
emacs-28.2: directory Size: 317.5MB (332967595bytes) Files: 4365 Directories: 127 Accessed: 2022-11-10 22:26:19 Modified: 2022-09-23 12:43:15 Status Changed: 2022-09-23 12:43:05 (y:More details)
The following is the result of displaying the information of a jpg image.
PXL_20221003_060116236.jpg: JPEG image data, Exif standard: [TIFF image data, little-endian, direntries=13, height=3024, manufacturer=Google, model=Pixel 3, orientation=upper-left, xresolution=185, yresolution=193, resolutionunit=2, software=HDR+ 1.0.440402506zd, datetime=2022:10:03 15:01:16, GPS-Data, width=4032], baseline, precision 8, 4032x3024, components 3 Size: 2.2MB (2328789bytes) Accessed: 2022-11-10 22:29:32 Modified: 2022-10-03 15:01:20 Status Changed: 2022-10-19 10:03:34 (y:More details)
Press y again to get more detailed information in exiftool. ExifTool can get information of a lot of files, not just images.