Linux dirname Command

What is Linux dirname Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use dirname command in Linux. dirname command is dirname - strip last component from file name.

dirname Syntax#

dirname [OPTION] NAME...

dirname Examples#

dirname Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of dirname command. dirname command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for dirname command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man dirname

To open info page for dirname command we can use command below.

info dirname

To open help page from dirname command we can run command below.

dirname --help

Linux dirname Command Source Code#

You can find dirname command source code from the folowing repositories:

• dirname source code on GitHub
• dirname source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• dirname source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use dirname in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.