NAME


dirname - strip non-directory suffix 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/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 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.

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