Dirname

dirname returns the directory portion of a path.

For example:

$ dirname "foo/bar/baz"
foo/bar

dirname retains the part removed by basename.

Provided by

Most (all?) Linux distributions incorporate this from the GNU Coreutils: and use its man page

Related Commands

• basename - get the base filename part of a pathname.
• pathchk - check for strange names
• mktemp - Create a temporary

See also

shell scripting

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