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basename(1B)
display portions of pathnames
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
Also by this name: basename(1), General commands · basename-original(1), General commands · basename(3G), General-purpose library
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) in the User's Reference Manual.