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DIRNAME(1) | User Commands | DIRNAME(1) |
NAME¶
dirname - strip last component from file nameSYNOPSIS¶
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).- -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
- -> "."
AUTHOR¶
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.SEE ALSO¶
basename(1), readlink(1) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>March 2015 | GNU coreutils 8.23 |