DIRNAME(1) DIRNAME(1) (NAME) dirname - (SYNOPSIS) dirname [] ... (DESCRIPTION) / '.' ( ). -z, --zero (NUL) --help --version (EXAMPLES) dirname /usr/bin/ -> "/usr" dirname dir1/str dir2/str -> "dir1" followed by "dir2" dirname stdio.h -> "." (AUTHORS) David MacKenzie Jim Meyering. (REPORTING BUGS) GNU coreutils: : (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GPLv3+: GPL . : . . (SEE ALSO) basename(1), readlink(1) : info '(coreutils) dirname invocation' GNU coreutils 9.1 September 2022 DIRNAME(1)