DIRNAME 1L "GNU Shell Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
NAME
dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name
SYNOPSIS
dirname filename
dirname {--help,--version}
DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
dirname . dirname prints all but the final slash-delimited component of
filename . If
filename is a single component,
dirname prints `.' (meaning the current directory).
OPTIONS
"--help" Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
"--version" Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.