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18 <h4 class=
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20 <p>After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence of one or more
21 of the following modifiers, each preceded by a
<code>:
</code>.
25 <br><dt><code>h
</code>
26 <dd>Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving only the head.
28 <br><dt><code>t
</code>
29 <dd>Remove all leading pathname components, leaving the tail.
31 <br><dt><code>r
</code>
32 <dd>Remove a trailing suffix of the form
<code>.
</code><var>suffix
</var><code></code>, leaving
35 <br><dt><code>e
</code>
36 <dd>Remove all but the trailing suffix.
38 <br><dt><code>p
</code>
39 <dd>Print the new command but do not execute it.
41 <br><dt><code>s/
</code><var>old
</var><code>/
</code><var>new
</var><code>/
</code>
42 <dd>Substitute
<var>new
</var> for the first occurrence of
<var>old
</var> in the
43 event line. Any delimiter may be used in place of
<code>/
</code>.
44 The delimiter may be quoted in
<var>old
</var> and
<var>new
</var>
45 with a single backslash. If
<code>&</code> appears in
<var>new
</var>,
46 it is replaced by
<var>old
</var>. A single backslash will quote
47 the
<code>&</code>. The final delimiter is optional if it is the last
48 character on the input line.
50 <br><dt><code>&</code>
51 <dd>Repeat the previous substitution.
53 <br><dt><code>g
</code>
54 <dd>Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line. Used in
55 conjunction with
<code>s
</code>, as in
<code>gs/
</code><var>old
</var><code>/
</code><var>new
</var><code>/
</code>,
56 or with
<code>&</code>.