Listing Existing Buffers
- C-x C-b
- List the existing buffers (
list-buffers).
To display a list of all the buffers that exist, type C-x C-b.
Each line in the list shows one buffer's name, major mode and visited
file. The buffers are listed in the order that they were current; the
buffers that were current most recently come first.
* at the beginning of a line indicates the buffer is "modified."
If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with C-x s
(see Saving). % indicates a read-only buffer. . marks the
current buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:
MR Buffer Size Mode File
-- ------ ---- ---- ----
.* emacs.tex 383402 Texinfo /u2/emacs/man/emacs.tex
*Help* 1287 Fundamental
files.el 23076 Emacs-Lisp /u2/emacs/lisp/files.el
% RMAIL 64042 RMAIL /u/rms/RMAIL
*% man 747 Dired /u2/emacs/man/
net.emacs 343885 Fundamental /u/rms/net.emacs
fileio.c 27691 C /u2/emacs/src/fileio.c
NEWS 67340 Text /u2/emacs/etc/NEWS
*scratch* 0 Lisp Interaction
Note that the buffer *Help* was made by a help request; it is
not visiting any file. The buffer man was made by Dired on the
directory /u2/emacs/man/. You can list only buffers that are
visiting files by giving the command a prefix; for instance, by typing
C-u C-x C-b.
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