NAME

basename − strip file name affixes

SYNOPSIS

­basename [ ­-d ] ­string [ ­suffix ]

DESCRIPTION

­Basename deletes any prefix ending in slash (/) and the suffix, if present in string, from string, and prints the result on the standard output.

The ­-d option instead prints the directory component, that is, ­string up to but not including the final slash.  If the string contains no slash, a period and newline are printed. 

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/basename.c

Plan 9  —  December 11, 1999