hugo/docs/content/en/variables/files.md

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File Variables		You can access filesystem-related data for a content file in the `.File` variable.	2017-02-01	2017-02-01	2017-02-01	variables and params	files	false	docs parent weight variables 40	40	40	/variables/file-variables/	false

{{% note "Rendering Local Files" %}} For information on creating shortcodes and templates that tap into Hugo's file-related feature set, see Local File Templates. {{% /note %}}

The .File object contains the following fields:

.File.Path

the original relative path of the page, relative to the content dir (e.g., posts/foo.en.md)

.File.LogicalName

the name of the content file that represents a page (e.g., foo.en.md)

.File.TranslationBaseName

the filename without extension or optional language identifier (e.g., foo)

.File.ContentBaseName

is a either TranslationBaseName or name of containing folder if file is a leaf bundle.

.File.BaseFileName

the filename without extension (e.g., foo.en)

.File.Ext

the file extension of the content file (e.g., md); this can also be called using .File.Extension as well. Note that it is only the extension without ..

.File.Lang

the language associated with the given file if Hugo's Multilingual features are enabled (e.g., en)

.File.Dir

given the path content/posts/dir1/dir2/, the relative directory path of the content file will be returned (e.g., posts/dir1/dir2/)