User Commands                                          DIRNAME(1)



NAME
     dirname - strip last component 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/>
     Report       dirname       translation        bugs        to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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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