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    WillieBy Updated:No Comments1 Min Read
     

    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.  

    REPORTING BUGS

    GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
    Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>  

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright © 2014 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.  

    Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.

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