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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).
- -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¶
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<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2020 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¶
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation'
September 2020 | GNU coreutils 8.32 |