BASENAME(1)BASENAME(1)

NAME
basename – strip file name affixes

SYNOPSIS
basename [ −d ] string [ suffix ]

DESCRIPTION
Basename deletes any prefix ending in slash (/) and the suffix, if present in string, from string, and prints the result on the standard output.
The −d option instead prints the directory component, that is, string up to but not including the final slash. If the string contains no slash, a period and newline are printed.

SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/basename.c

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