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.TH DIRNAME "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dirname \- strip non-directory suffix from file name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dirname
\fINAME\fR
.br
.B dirname
\fIOPTION\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,
output `.' (meaning the current directory).
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
.TP
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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 dirname
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.