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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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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) 2011 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 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 BASENAME(1)
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