Name
basename
Synopsis
basenamename
[suffix
] basenameoption
Remove leading directory components from a path. If suffix is given, remove that also. The result is printed to standard output. This is useful mostly in a script when you need to work with a filename but can’t predict its full path in every instance.
Options
- --help
Print help message and then exit.
- --version
Print the version number and then exit.
Examples
$basename /usr/lib/libm.a
libm.a $basename /usr/lib/libm.a .a
libm
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