BASENAME(1) BSD Reference Manual BASENAME(1)NAMEbasename - return filename portion of pathname
SYNOPSISbasename string [suffix]
DESCRIPTIONbasename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash ('/') character
present in string, and a suffix, if given. The resulting filename is
written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored.
The basename utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
EXAMPLES
The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:
FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`
SEE ALSOcsh(1), dirname(1), sh(1), basename(3)STANDARDS
The basename utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 ("POSIX.2").
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