DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1)NAME
dirname - strip last component from file name
SYNOPSIS
dirname NAME
dirname OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO basename(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'dirname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 DIRNAME(1)
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BASENAME(1) User Commands BASENAME(1)NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
SYNOPSIS
basename NAME [SUFFIX]
basename OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
basename /usr/bin/sort
Output "sort".
basename include/stdio.h .h
Output "stdio".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report basename bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO dirname(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for basename is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and basename programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'basename invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 BASENAME(1)
Hi,
I've a problem with display "*" character:
I'd like to use a script which take a complete path of set of files or directories in argument and separate them into their "dirname" part and their "basename" part.
It works nearly exept that if i want to display the result (dirname +... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Can someone help me with this small piece of code.
DIRNAME=$(dirname $0)
BASENAME=$(basename $0)
DATA="${DIRNAME}/${BASENAME}.data"
&& . $DATA
whats is meant by && . $DATA here...
Regards,
Abhishek (2 Replies)
Hi, okay, the following command was given to me in a script, but it's not working and there's little to no help on dirname. What is wrong with the following line? I'm just trying to save the current directory to use later in subsequent scripts.
MYAPPDIR=$(dirname $(dirname $0))
Thanks. (2 Replies)
Hello so I've stored some csv data to be read into variables like this
Name,Team,Shop,Shoe
etc,etc,etc,etc
Code:
sep=","
{
while IFS=$sep read Name Team Shop Shoe
do
count=1
dirname=$Name
while
do
((count++))
dirname="${Name}$count" (4 Replies)
Code: File is read in from wrapper and declared file_name
IFS=","
sed 1d $file_name | while read Name Job Age Title
do
count=0
dirname=$Name
while
do
((count++))
dirname="${Name}$count"
done
echo "=================="
echo "Name: $Name"
... (1 Reply)