NAME
dirname - strip last component 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 dirname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dirname translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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 coreutils 'dirname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.