dired-fdclone.el provides the following interactive commands: * diredfd-goto-top * diredfd-goto-bottom * diredfd-toggle-mark-here * diredfd-toggle-mark * diredfd-toggle-all-marks * diredfd-mark-or-unmark-all * diredfd-unmark-all-marks * diredfd-narrow-to-marked-files * diredfd-narrow-to-files-regexp * diredfd-goto-filename * diredfd-do-shell-command * diredfd-do-sort * diredfd-do-flagged-delete-or-execute * diredfd-enter * diredfd-enter-directory * diredfd-enter-parent-directory * diredfd-enter-root-directory * diredfd-history-backward * diredfd-history-forward * diredfd-follow-symlink * diredfd-do-pack * diredfd-do-rename * diredfd-do-unpack * diredfd-help * diredfd-nav-mode The above functions are mostly usable stand-alone, but if you feel like "omakase", add the following line to your setup. (dired-fdclone) This makes dired: - color directories in cyan and symlinks in yellow like FDclone - sort directory listings in the directory-first style - alter key bindings to mimic FD/FDclone - not open a new buffer when you navigate to a new directory - run a shell command in ansi-term to allow launching interactive commands - automatically revert the buffer after running a command with obvious side-effects - automatically add visited files to `file-name-history` (customizable) Without spoiling dired's existing features. As usual, customization is available via: M-x customize-group dired-fdclone RET