NAME
basename —
return filename portion of
pathname
SYNOPSIS
basename |
string [suffix] |
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:
FOO=`basename
/usr/bin/tail`SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The basename utility is compliant with the
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”)
specification.