BASENAME("1") manual page
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basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
basename
NAME [SUFFIX]
basename OPTION
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
- basename /usr/bin/sort
- Output "sort".
- basename include/stdio.h .h
- Output "stdio".
Written by
FIXME unknown.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2008 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.
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.
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