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