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BASENAME

NAME

basename − strip directory and suffix from filenames

SYNOPSIS

basename NAME [SUFFIX]
basename
OPTION... NAME...

DESCRIPTION

Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
−a
, −−multiple

support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

−s, −−suffix=SUFFIX

remove a trailing SUFFIX

−z, −−zero

separate output with NUL rather than newline

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

EXAMPLES

basename /usr/bin/sort

−> "sort"

basename include/stdio.h .h

−> "stdio"

basename −s .h include/stdio.h

−> "stdio"

basename −a any/str1 any/str2

−> "str1" followed by "str2"

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report basename bugs to bug−coreutils AT gnu DOT org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2012 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.

SEE ALSO

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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