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¶

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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SEE ALSO¶

basename(1), readlink(1)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation'

Packaged by Debian (9.7-1)
Copyright © 2025 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.