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$ whatis dirname

dirname dirname (1) - strip last component from file name

dirname basename (1) - deliver portions of path names

dirname dirname (3c) - report the parent directory name of a file path name

Examples:

1. dirname /usr/bin/sort
2. dirname /usr/gnu/bin/date

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