BASENAME
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 29, 1985
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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 directory:
-
cc $1
mv a.out `basename $1 .c`
SEE ALSO
sh(1)
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