Manual: gnudirname

DIRNAME(1)						User Commands						  DIRNAME(1)

NAME
       dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS
       dirname [OPTION] NAME...

DESCRIPTION
       Output  each NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.'
       (meaning the current directory).

       -z, --zero
	      end each output line with NUL, not newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

EXAMPLES
       dirname /usr/bin/
	      -> "/usr"

       dirname dir1/str dir2/str
	      -> "dir1" followed by "dir2"

       dirname stdio.h
	      -> "."

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

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SEE ALSO
       basename(1), readlink(1)

       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 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.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						  DIRNAME(1)