dirname

dirname prints all but the final slash-delimited component of each NAME. Slashes on either side of the final component are also removed. If the string contains no slash, dirname prints . (meaning the current directory).

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Documentation

• dirname [EN] @ GNU Coreutils Manual

• man 1 'dirname' [EN]

Syntax

dirname NAME

Examples

Remove the file

dirname "${HOME}/tmp/test.txt"

Output:

/home/alex/tmp

Replace dirname using Bashism

file="${HOME}/tmp/test.txt"

echo "${file%/*}"

Output:

/home/alex/tmp