How to strip filename from path so that only parent folder path remains

[ronald]

Basically,

• if the posix path of the currently selected item in Finder is a folder, leave as is
• if the posix path of the currently selected item in Finder is a file, remove the filename and keep the path of the parent folder

thank you very much !

[DocOck]

Did you consider the filter action with the parent path option? It extracts the path:

[kevinb]

@DocOck

Did you consider the filter action with the parent path option? It extracts the path:

And there is also the Split path action.

@ronald

if the posix path of the currently selected item in Finder is a file,

You can use an If action set to test At this path: A file exists.

[ronald]

thank you very much @kevinb and @DocOck