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
              separate output with NUL rather than 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

       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  ©  2013  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.

GNU coreutils 8.21                                 March 2016                                         DIRNAME(1)