dirname1
Strip last component from file name
Usage
dirname [OPTION]
NAME ...
Overview
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
|
-> "." |
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.
--zero since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-z since Debian 8 (Jessie).