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.TH DIRNAME "1" "July 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dirname \- strip last component from file name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dirname
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] \fI\,NAME\/\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
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dirname-z'\fB\-z, \-\-zero\fP\X'tty: link'
end each output line with NUL, not newline
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname#dirname--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname#dirname--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
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 bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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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"
\fBbasename\fP(1), \fBreadlink\fP(1)
.PP
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) dirname invocation\(aq