[CALUG] %d, %f, %s?

[Craig Younkins]

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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM, John Cunningham <djohngo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I notice from creating desktop launchers in Gnome and Xfce that I can
> specify that a program work with a particular file by sticking "%f" at
> the end of the command.  I learned by trial and error that I can get
> it to work on a directory by using "%d".  In .mailcap I can tell a
> program to use data from stdin by sticking %s after the command.  What
> is this notation called, and where is it documented?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
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