GNU/Linux |
Debian 6.0.2(Squeeze) |
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dirname(1) |
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dirname − strip last component from file name
dirname
NAME
dirname OPTION
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
dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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
© 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.
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.
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