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DIRNAME

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 2010
Index Return to Main Contents
 

NAME

dirname - strip last component from file name  

SYNOPSIS

dirname NAME
dirname OPTION  

DESCRIPTION

Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).

--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
 

EXAMPLES

dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
 

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 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 aqdirname invocationaq

should give you access to the complete manual.


 

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