DIRNAME(1) DIRNAME(1) dirname - dirname [] ... NAME NAME / '.' ( ). -z, --zero NUL --help --version dirname /usr/bin/ -> "/usr" dirname dir1/str dir2/str -> "dir1" "dir2" dirname stdio.h -> "." David MacKenzie Jim Meyering. : bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils : : (C) 2026 (Free Software Foundation, Inc.). GPLv3+: GNU GPL 3 . . : . . basename(1), readlink(1) : info '(coreutils) dirname invocation' 3 . . : . GNU coreutils 9.11 2026 DIRNAME(1)