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Customizing the Desktop with rules

Filename processing commands

These commands perform operations on each of a list of filenames. If they are not used in a list substitution construct of the form `(...), then the results are sent to standard output, separated by the value of the first string in the variable ofs if there is more than one argument.


absreadlink
absolute pathname of the value of a symbolic link

basename
basename of its argument

canonical
argument converted to canonical (non-redundant) form

dirname
canonical form of the directory of its argument

extension
extension of its argument

fileclass
class of its argument

followlink
absolute pathname of the final destination of a symbolic link

readlink
contents of a symbolic link

relativepath
pathname relative to the user's home directory

unextended
canonical form of the argument with its extension removed

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