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Dirname
dirname is a shell command for extracting the directory path portion of a path, without the last name. The command is specified in the Single UNIX Specification and is primarily used in shell scripts. The version in GNU Core Utilities was written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. The command is available for Windows as part of the GnuWin32 project and UnxUtils and is in IBM i.
Article summary
dirname is a shell command for extracting the directory path portion of a path, without the last name. The command is specified in the Single UNIX Specification and is primarily used in shell scripts. The version in GNU Core Utilities was written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. The command is available for Windows as part of the GnuWin32 project and UnxUtils and is in IBM i.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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