Linux commands: dirname

Oct 16, 2020

Learn how the Linux dirname command returns the directory portion of a path, so dirname /Users/flavio/test.txt gives you back the /Users/flavio folder.

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Suppose you have a path to a file, for example /Users/flavio/test.txt.

Running

dirname /Users/flavio/test.txt

will return the /Users/flavio string:

Terminal showing dirname /Users/flavio/test.txt command output: /Users/flavio

The dirname command works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment

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