dirname(1) - Linux man page

Name

dirname - strip non-directory suffix 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 bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

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 dirname

should give you access to the complete manual.

Referenced By

cksfv(1), dirname(3)