dirname − strip last component from file name
dirname [OPTION] NAME...
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
dirname /usr/bin/
−> "/usr"
dirname dir1/str dir2/str
−> "dir1" followed by "dir2"
dirname stdio.h
−> "."
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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.
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.