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dirname

DIRNAME(1)							   User Commands							DIRNAME(1)

NAME

       dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS

       dirname NAME
       dirname OPTION

DESCRIPTION

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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

EXAMPLES

       dirname /usr/bin/
	      Output "/usr".

       dirname stdio.h
	      Output ".".

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 (C) 2011 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 8.12.197-032bb					  September 2011							DIRNAME(1)

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