Linux dirname Command

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

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 [OPTION] 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:

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.