path dirname

For path.

Get the parent directory of a path.

Command Type

built-in

> path dirname {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
string	string
list<string>	list<string>

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 --num-levels 2
/home/joe

Replace the part that would be returned with a custom path.

> '/home/joe/code/test.txt' | path dirname --num-levels 2 --replace /home/viking
/home/viking/code/test.txt