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path dirname for path

Get the parent directory of a path.

Signature

> path dirname {flags}

Flags

  • --replace, -r {string}: Return original path with dirname replaced by this string
  • --num-levels, -n {int}: Number of directories to walk up

Input/output types:

input output
list<string> list<string>
string string

Examples

Get dirname of a path

>'/home/joe/code/test.txt'|path dirname
/home/joe/code

Get dirname of a list of paths

> [ /home/joe/test.txt, /home/doe/test.txt ] |path dirname
╭───┬───────────╮
0/home/joe
1/home/doe
╰───┴───────────╯

Walk up two levels

>'/home/joe/code/test.txt'|path dirname-n2
/home/joe

Replace the part that would be returned with a custom path

>'/home/joe/code/test.txt'|path dirname-n2-r/home/viking
/home/viking/code/test.txt

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