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dirname - strip last component from file name

Author

       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

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
              -> "."

Name

       dirname - strip last component from file name

Reporting Bugs

       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

See Also

basename(1), readlink(1)

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

GNU coreutils 9.5                                  April 2025                                         DIRNAME(1)

Synopsis

dirname [OPTION] NAME...

See Also