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NAME
       basename - strip file name affixes

SYNOPSIS
       basename [ -d ] string [ suffix ]

DESCRIPTION
       Basename  deletes  any  prefix ending in slash (/) and the suffix, if present in string, from string, and prints the result on the standard
       output.

       The -d option instead prints the directory component, that is, string up to but not including the final slash.  If the string  contains	no
       slash, a period and newline are printed.

SOURCE
       /src/cmd/basename.c

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