Section (1) dirname
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 /_zsingle_quotesz_s, output _zsingle_quotesz_._zsingle_quotesz_ (meaning the current directory).
−z
,−−zero
-
end each output line with NUL, not newline
−−help
-
display this help and exit
−−version
-
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
dirname /usr/bin/
−> /usr
dirname dir1/str dir2/str
−> dir1 followed by dir2
dirname stdio.h
−> .
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
or available locally via: info _zsingle_quotesz_(coreutils) dirname invocation_zsingle_quotesz_
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