Query: basename
OS: netbsd
Section: 1
Indexes: netbsd man pages all man pages
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BASENAME(1) BSD General Commands Manual BASENAME(1)NAMEbasename, dirname -- return filename or directory portion of pathnameSYNOPSISbasename string [suffix] dirname stringDESCRIPTIONbasename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash '/' character present in string, and a suffix, if given. The resulting filename is written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored. dirname deletes the filename portion, beginning with the last slash '/' character to the end of string, and writes the result to the standard output.EXIT STATUSBoth the basename and dirname utilities exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.EXAMPLESThe following line sets the shell variable FOO to /usr/bin. FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`SEE ALSOcsh(1), sh(1), basename(3), dirname(3)STANDARDSThe basename and dirname utilities conform to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').BSDApril 18, 1994 BSD