kdb-dirname.md

kdb-dirname(1) -- Get the cascading directory name of a key name

SYNOPSIS

kdb dirname <key name>

Where key name is the name of the key.

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to retrieve the directory name of a key, without any namespace.

RETURN VALUES

This command will return the following values as an exit status:

• 0: No errors.
• 7: invalid key name passed, see kdb(1) for a list of return codes used by kdb.

OPTIONS

• -n, --no-newline: Suppress the newline at the end of the output.

EXAMPLES

kdb dirname user:/key/subkey
#> /key

kdb dirname /
#> /

SEE ALSO

• See kdb-namespace(1) and kdb-basename(1) for other namepart extraction operations.
• The Unix analogue [DIRNAME(1)].
• To get keys in shell scripts, you can use kdb-sget(1).
• elektra-key-names(7) for an explanation of key names.