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dirname - strip non-directory suffix 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
Written
by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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 dirname
should give you access to the complete manual.
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