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## Overview
The **`dirname()` method** in Perl is used to get the directory of the folder name of a file. 

## Syntax
```perl
dirname(file_path)
```

## Parameters
**`file_path`**: The path of the file we want to get its directory name.

## Return value
This method returns the folder or directory name or a symbolic link that contains the file. 

## Example
Let's look at the code below:


# import sub routine
use File::Basename;

# get file paths
$f1 = dirname("hi/main.perl");
$f2 = dirname("main.perl");
$f3 = dirname("home/code/main.perl");
$f4 = dirname("~/main");

# print directories
print "$f1";
print "\n$f2";
print "\n$f3";
print "\n$f4";

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## Explanation
* **Line 2**: We import the `FIle::basename` subroutine, which helps us parse file paths.

* **Lines 5 to 8**: We create some file paths and get their directory names using the `dirname()` method.

* **Lines 11 to 14**: We print the directories to the console.

What is dirname() method in Perl?

Extracts the directory name from the file path using FIle::basename's dirname() method in Perl.