basename − strip directory and suffix from filenames
basename
NAME [SUFFIX]
basename OPTION... NAME...
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
−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
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−−help |
display this help and exit |
−−version
output version information and exit
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"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
Written by David MacKenzie.
Copyright
© 2013 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.
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.