DIRNAME(1) BSD Reference Manual DIRNAME(1)NAMEdirname - return directory portion of pathname
SYNOPSISdirname pathname
DESCRIPTIONdirname deletes the filename portion, beginning with the last slash ('/')
character to the end of pathname, and writes the result to the standard
output.
The dirname utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
EXAMPLES
The following line sets the shell variable FOO to /usr/bin:
FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/tail`
SEE ALSObasename(1), csh(1), sh(1), dirname(3)STANDARDS
The dirname utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ("POSIX.2").
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