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  BASENAME(1)        (User Environment Utilities)       BASENAME(1)



  NAME
       basename, dirname - deliver portions of path names

  SYNOPSIS
       basename string [ suffix ]
       dirname string

  DESCRIPTION
       basename deletes any prefix ending in / and the suffix (if
       present in string) from string, and prints the result on the
       standard output.  It is normally used inside substitution
       marks (``) within shell procedures.

       Dirname delivers all but the last level of the path name in
       string.

  EXAMPLES
       The following example, invoked with the argument
       /usr/src/cmd/cat.c, compiles the named file and moves the
       output to a file named cat in the current directory:

            cc $1
            mv a.out `basename $1 '\.c'`

       The following example will set the shell variable NAME to
       /usr/src/cmd:

            NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

  SEE ALSO
       sh(1).











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