DIRNAME(1)			 User Commands			    DIRNAME(1)

NAME
       dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS
       dirname [OPTION] NAME...

DESCRIPTION
       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
	      -> "."

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       basename(1), readlink(1)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dirname invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.8		September 2025			    DIRNAME(1)