1DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1)
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6 dirname - strip last component from file name
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9 dirname [OPTION] NAME...
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12 Output each NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes
13 removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current
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16 -z, --zero
17 end each output line with NUL, not newline
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19 --help display this help and exit
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21 --version
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25 dirname /usr/bin/
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28 dirname dir1/str dir2/str
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31 dirname stdio.h
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35 Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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38 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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42 Copyright © 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
43 GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
44 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
45 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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48 basename(1), readlink(1)
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50 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
51 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation'
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55GNU coreutils 8.31 October 2019 DIRNAME(1)