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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).

end each output line with NUL, not newline
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

EXAMPLES

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

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation'

September 2022 GNU coreutils 9.1