.TH DIRNAME 1 .SH NAME dirname \- return directory portion of a pathname .SH SYNOPSIS .B dirname .IR string .SH DESCRIPTION .B dirname strips a pathname of everything following the last slash and prints the result. If the pathname has a trailing slash, it is removed and it strips everything past the slash before it. .SH OPTIONS None .SH EXAMPLES .PP .nf .RS dirname /usr/share/include/stdio.h .RE .fi .PP Prints out "/usr/share/include" .PP .nf .RS dirname stdio.h .RE .fi .PP Prints out "." .PP .nf .RS dirname // .RE .fi .PP Prints out "/" .SH AUTHOR Written by Kat. .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2019 Katlynn Richey .PP This software is free software. Feel free to modify it and/or pass it around.