NAME

basename — return filename portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (‘/’) character present in string, and a suffix, if given. The resulting filename is written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored.

EXIT STATUS

The basename utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:

SEE ALSO

csh(1), dirname(1), sh(1), basename(3)

STANDARDS

The basename utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) specification.