NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
SYNOPSIS
basename NAME [SUFFIX] basename OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
| --help | display this help and exit |
| --version | |
| output version information and exit | |
EXAMPLES
| basename /usr/bin/sort | |
| Output "sort". | |
| basename include/stdio.h .h | |
| Output "stdio". | |
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report basename bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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
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' | |
