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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).

−z, −−zero

separate output with NUL rather than 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

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/>

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.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 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.