RE: [External] : Re: Q: Is there a built-in way to read multiple file names?

[Drew Adams]

> IMHO, dired as it does not provide a good way to _show_ which files are
> selected without having to scroll through the whole file listing.

Sorry, I just scanned your mail quickly.

If you use Dired+ then you can do any of these:

 . Omit the unmarked files, showing only the marked
   ones, with command `diredp-omit-marked'.
   This just uses `dired-do-kill-lines'.

 . Dired just the marked files, with command
   `diredp-marked'.
   This just calls `dired' with a list of the marked
   files.

 . Use command `diredp-list-marked' to list them in
   a separate buffer, optionally with info about the
   files.

The definitions are tiny, if you don't want all of
dired+.el.

HTH.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/dired%2b.el