BASENAME(1) User Commands BASENAME(1)NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
SYNOPSIS
basename NAME [SUFFIX]
basename OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
basename /usr/bin/sort
Output "sort".
basename include/stdio.h .h
Output "stdio".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report basename bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO dirname(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for basename is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and basename programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'basename invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 BASENAME(1)
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DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1)NAME
dirname - strip last component from file name
SYNOPSIS
dirname NAME
dirname OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO basename(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'dirname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 DIRNAME(1)
Found this piece of code written in ksh. I have no ideas what do the stuff like ${SRF##*\.} do.
SUFFIX=${SRF##*\.}
if ; then
SUFFIX=""
fi
I have encountered similar expressions in other programs also. Any pointers on where to learn more about these... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I was wondering if there is an easy way to strip off the required basename. I have a script called apb0110021.sh and the contents of the script are
typeset -u MScript=`basename $0 | cut -d. -f1`
scriptname=sys.Audit.ksh
parms="PROJECT1 dsAudit $MScript 1 BEGIN"
$SCRIPTS/$scriptname... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I recently did slight modifications to the basename utility from the coreutils package.
I downloaded the source by typing "apt-get source coreutils", added a new option to the program, updated the respective manpage, build and installed it using "dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b && dpkg -i... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I'm running a command :
pargs 20392 | egrep -e "-f "|cut -d " " -f3 | basename
BUT the o/p of cut is not sending to basename.
the o/p of: pargs 20392 | egrep -e "-f "|cut -d " " -f3 is
/home/staff/Properties.cfg
Appreciated ur help.. (2 Replies)
I have a file
fileinput.txt:
File home/me/fileA.doc is size 232
File home/you/you/fileB.doc is size 343
File /directory/fileC.doc is size 433
File /directory/filed.doc cannot find file size
I want to use the basename command (or any other command) to output:
File fileA.doc is... (3 Replies)
I would like to use basename with wc .. I know I can use awk, but want to use basename.
Change this
wc -l txt*
106 /home/popeye/txt1
154 /home/popeye/txt2
159 /home/popeye/txt3
420 total
to this
wc -l txt*
106 txt1
154 txt2
159 txt3
420 total (4 Replies)