dirname
strip last component from file name
see also :
basename - readlink
Synopsis
dirname
[OPTION] NAME...
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
dirname /usr/bin/
-> "/usr"
dirname dir1/str dir2/str
-> "dir1" followed by "dir2"
dirname stdio.h
-> "."
source
`dirname $0`/sbt assembly
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
separate output with NUL rather
than newline
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and
exit
copyright
Copyright © 2012 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.
reporting bugs
Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dirname translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
see also
basename ,
readlink
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.
author
Written by
David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.