bsd man page for basename

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)