# How to open multiple files in emacs?
**URL:** https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658
**Category:** General
**Created:** [May 5, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658 "2024-05-05T10:40:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@GoldAyan](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/GoldAyan)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/1 "2024-05-05T10:40:11Z")
Currently my flow is opening dired and mark the file i need to open and press F (F is from dired-x). How you guys do it ?
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### Author:  [@Kolev](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/Kolev)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/2 "2024-05-05T23:04:40Z")
- C-x C-f `file name` RET
- Repeat
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### Author:  [@mirkoh](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/mirkoh)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/3 "2024-05-06T21:18:49Z")
I’m using the same approach as Kolev, just open files one by one.
With evil I have `project-find-file` bound to space f f.
Using dired I just press enter to open the file, or mark them with m and then open them.
There is probably a better way to do it.
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### Author:  [@ramin\_hal9001](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/ramin_hal9001)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/4 "2024-05-07T01:09:52Z")
There is a function in the `dired-x.el` library you can use that will visit every marked file: `dired-do-find-marked-files`. Bind this to a key like `C-c f m`. If you precede this command with `C-u` it will buffer the files but not display them.
So before I run this command to open all marked files, I often like to mark files that match a regex pattern using the built-in Dired `dired-mark-files-regexp`, which is bound to `%m` by default. Use it like this, for example:
`%m [.]el$ `
marks all files ending with “`.el`”.
You can also mark all files by searching the file content with Grep using `dired-mark-files-containing-regexp`. This command is bound to `%g` by default. So for example mark all Python source files with a “main” function:
`%g if * __name__ *== *__main_ *: `
…or mark all shell script files that might not end in `.sh`:
`%g [#][!] */bin/\(ba\|\)sh `
So I will run one of the above commands then type `C-c f m` and Emacs opens all the selected files at once.
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### Author:  [@frank](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/frank)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/5 "2024-05-11T02:52:39Z")
use harpoon, assign each file a number in cache file, then press number to open your file
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### Author:  [@GoldAyan](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/GoldAyan)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/6 "2024-05-21T13:10:35Z")
I found a another way using **embark** which works perfectly for me.
This is what i do now a days ?
- C-x C-f and use regex like \*.elisp (to list all elisp in particular directory) [I use consult package]
- C-. for embark to show actions
- Select `A` for embark-act-all
- Then press (Enter) to open all the files.
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### Author:  [@mirkoh](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/mirkoh)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-open-multiple-files-in-emacs/658/7 "2024-06-05T21:52:49Z")
Thanks, I’ve been experimenting with this package, very useful. I remapped the go to functions to be letters in the home row.