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18.2 dirname: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name

dirname prints all but the final slash-delimited component of a string (presumably a filename). Synopsis:

 
dirname name

If name is a single component, dirname prints `.' (meaning the current directory).

The only options are `--help' and `--version'. See section 2. Common options.



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