## 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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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 at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) dirname invocation(aq