dirname

standard UNIX computer program
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dirname

Summary

dirname is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. dirname draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #66 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • dirname's image is recorded as Dirname example.png[3].
  • dirname's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[4].
  • dirname's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].
  • dirname's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vks1z[6].
  • dirname's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/dirname.html[7].
  • dirname's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[8].
  • dirname's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[9].
  • dirname's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[10].
  • dirname's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[11].
  • dirname's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[12].

Body

Publication

dirname's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].

Why It Matters

dirname draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #66 of 124).[2] dirname has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dirname. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dirname
MLA “dirname.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dirname.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dirname_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dirname}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dirname}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): dirname — https://4ort.xyz/entity/dirname (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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