{
  "name": "dirname",
  "section": 1,
  "title": "return directory portion of a pathname",
  "synopsis": ["dirname [OPTION]... [OPERAND]..."],
  "description": "Prints the directory portion of each path. -z emits NUL-terminated records (host stdout).",
  "options": [
    { "flag": "-z, --zero", "meaning": "Separate outputs with NUL (requires process.stdout.write)" }
  ],
  "keywords": ["dirname", "bare-os", "coreutils"],
  "examples": [
    {
      "caption": "parent path",
      "code": "dirname /a/b/c.txt"
    },
    {
      "caption": "compose with basename",
      "code": "p=/x/y/z; echo $(dirname $p)/$(basename $p)"
    }
  ],
  "listCategory": "coreutils"
}