bsd man page for basename

Query: basename

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BASENAME(1)						      General Commands Manual						       BASENAME(1)

NAME
basename - strip filename affixes
SYNOPSIS
basename string [ suffix ]
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 ` ` in shell procedures. 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 direc- tory: cc $1 mv a.out `basename $1 .c`
SEE ALSO
sh(1) 7th Edition April 29, 1985 BASENAME(1)
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