dirname

Calculates the parent directory of a given file or directory path. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/dirname.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Image Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/dirname dirname powered by Commando

Calculates the parent directory of a given file or directory path. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname>.

  • Calculate the parent directory of a given path:
    dirname path/to/file_or_directory
  • Calculate the parent directory of multiple paths:
    dirname path/to/file_a path/to/directory_b
  • Delimit output with a NUL character instead of a newline (useful when combining with `xargs`):
    dirname --zero path/to/directory_a path/to/file_b

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