DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1) 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 . COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO basename(1), readlink(1) 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. GNU coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirtJanuary 2008 DIRNAME(1)