User Commands					       DIRNAME(1)



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 c 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	redistri-
     bute  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  Tex-
     info  manual.  If the info	and dirname programs are properly
     installed at your site, the command

	  info coreutils dirname invocation





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