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DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1)

NAME

dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS

dirname [OPTION] NAME...

DESCRIPTION

Output each NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current directory).

separate output with NUL rather than newline
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

EXAMPLES

-> "/usr"
-> "dir1" followed by "dir2"
-> "."

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AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

basename(1), readlink(1)

The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'dirname invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22