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.TH DIRNAME "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dirname \- strip last component from file name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dirname
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fINAME\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Output each NAME with its last non\-slash component and trailing slashes
removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current directory).
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR
separate output with NUL rather than newline
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
dirname /usr/bin/
\-> "/usr"
.TP
dirname dir1/str dir2/str
\-> "dir1" followed by "dir2"
.TP
dirname stdio.h
\-> "."
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report dirname bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
basename(1), readlink(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B dirname
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B dirname
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqdirname invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.