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# DIRNAME(1L) manual page

## Name

dirname - strip filename suffix from pathname

## Synopsis

dirname path
dirname {--help,--version}

## Description

This manual page documents the GNU version of dirname. dirname prints the leading path part of the pathname path. If path does not contain a leading path, dirname prints `.' (meaning the current directory).

### Options

--help
  Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
--version
  Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.

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