Dirname

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dirname is a standard UNIX computer program, when dirname is given a pathname, it will delete any suffix beginning with the last slash ('/') character and return the result. dirname is described in the Single UNIX Specification and is primarily used in shell scripts.

Contents 1 Usage 2 Example 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Usage

The Single UNIX Specification specification for dirname is.

dirname string

string

A pathname

[edit] Example

$ dirname /usr/home/carpetsmoker/dirname.wiki
/usr/home/carpetsmoker

[edit] See also

• List of Unix utilities
• basename

[edit] External links

• dirname: return the directory portion of a pathname – Commands & Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX® Specification, Issue 6 from The Open Group
• dirname(1): strip directory and suffix from filenames – Linux man page

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