1DIRNAME(1)                       User Commands                      DIRNAME(1)
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NAME

6       dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name
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SYNOPSIS

9       dirname NAME
10       dirname OPTION
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DESCRIPTION

13       Print  NAME  with  its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no
14       /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).
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16       --help display this help and exit
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18       --version
19              output version information and exit
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EXAMPLES

22       dirname /usr/bin/sort
23              Output "/usr/bin".
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25       dirname stdio.h
26              Output ".".
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AUTHOR

29       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

32       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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35       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
36       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
37       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
38       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
39       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

42       basename(1), readlink(1)
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44       The  full  documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
45       If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at  your  site,
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54GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                        DIRNAME(1)
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