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
end each output line with NUL, not 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
-> "."
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
GNU coreutils
online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright
© 2017 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)
Full
documentation at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname
invocation'