DIRNAME

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NAME

dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name  

SYNOPSIS

dirname filename
dirname {--help,--version}  

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of dirname. dirname prints all but the final slash-delimited component of filename. If filename is a single component, dirname prints `.' (meaning the current directory).  

OPTIONS

--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS

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