NAME

basename − display portions of pathnames

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/basename string [ suffix ]

DESCRIPTION

basename deletes any prefix ending in ‘/’ and the suffix, if present in string. It directs the result to the standard output, and is normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures.  The suffix is a pattern as defined on the ed(1) manual page. 

EXAMPLE

This shell procedure invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current directory:

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

SEE ALSO

ed(1), sh(1). 

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