DIRNAME
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Updated: GNU Shell Utilities
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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
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