basename(1B)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

NAME

basename- display portions of pathnames

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION

The basename utility deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the suffix, if present in string. It directs the result to the standard output, and is normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures. The suffix is a string with no special significance attached to any of the characters it contains.

EXAMPLES

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Example 1 Using the basename command.




This shell procedure invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current directory:

example% cc $1 example% mv a.out `basename $1 .c`

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ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWscpu

SEE ALSO

sh(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.9  Last Revised 28 Mar 1995

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO