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DIRNAME(1L)                                           DIRNAME(1L)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
      dirname - strip filename suffix from pathname

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
      d\bdi\bir\brn\bna\bam\bme\be path

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
      This  manual  page  documents  the GNU version of d\bdi\bir\brn\bna\bam\bme\be.
      d\bdi\bir\brn\bna\bam\bme\be prints the leading path part of the pathname _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bh.
      If  _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bh  does  not contain a leading path, d\bdi\bir\brn\bna\bam\bme\be prints
      `.' (meaning the current directory).














































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