# .Page.File.Dir : Problem with output

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [August 9, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683 "2023-08-09T14:00:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rufus42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rufus42/32/17482_2.png) [@rufus42](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/rufus42)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/1 "2023-08-09T14:00:48Z")

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Helle everyone,

I’m using `{{ .Page.File.Dir }}` in my template  
It renders as `./dirA%5dirB%5` instead of `./dirA/dirB/`.

How to change **%5** to **/**?  
What am I doing wrong?

Thank you very much and many greetings  
ruphus 42

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**Author:** ![razon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/razon/32/14882_2.png) [@razon](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/razon)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/2 "2023-08-09T14:41:06Z")

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I couldn’t reproduce it, if you’re using it as an element attribute value, `safeHTMLAttr` may help, for example.

```go
<p {{ printf `data-dir="%s"` .Page.File.Dir | safeHTMLAttr }}></p>

```

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**Author:** ![rufus42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rufus42/32/17482_2.png) [@rufus42](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/rufus42)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/3 "2023-08-09T15:24:59Z")

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Thank you @razon , it doesn’t help.

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**Author:** ![razon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/razon/32/14882_2.png) [@razon](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/razon)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/4 "2023-08-09T15:34:55Z")

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Cloud you please provide a reproducible code.

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/5 "2023-08-09T15:41:44Z")

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> [@rufus42](#):
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> It renders as `./dirA%5dirB%5`

Really?

Are you sure it’s not:

> It renders as `./dirA%5CdirB%5C`

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**Author:** ![rufus42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rufus42/32/17482_2.png) [@rufus42](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/rufus42)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/6 "2023-08-09T16:06:55Z")

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Hello @jmooring , thanks for your eye.  
You are right, it renders as `./dirA%5CdirB%5C`.

So the question is: How to change **%5c** to **/**?  
What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/7 "2023-08-09T16:12:34Z")

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You’re on a Windows system, so the OS path separators are backslashes (`\`). The hex representation is `5C`.

If you are trying to use `.File.Dir` to build a URL or something, pass it through `path.Clean`.

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**Author:** ![rufus42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rufus42/32/17482_2.png) [@rufus42](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/rufus42)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/8 "2023-08-15T18:50:37Z")

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Thank you @jmooring, it doesn’t help.  
Is there another way to get the URL?

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/9 "2023-08-15T18:51:18Z")

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Please post a link to the public repository for your project.

See [Requesting Help](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/requesting-help/9132).

> Let us see your code
> 
> Include a link to the source code repository of your project, because we really need the context of seeing your templates and partials to be able to help you. It is trivial to do a quick git clone on your repo, then run hugo server in your project, to help you out. On the other hand, recreating your code from screenshots, or sort of guessing at it, is not.
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> If you can’t share your repository for whatever reason, consider creating a dummy repo that you can share, which reproduces the problem you’re experiencing.

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**Author:** ![rufus42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rufus42/32/17482_2.png) [@rufus42](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/rufus42)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/10 "2023-08-15T18:57:18Z")

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Thank you again for your good will @jmooring.  
I had a typo.  
Your answer solved my problem by using

```auto
{{ path.Clean .Page.File.Dir }}

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/page-file-dir-problem-with-output/45683/11 "2023-08-17T18:57:55Z")

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