dirname(1)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES | EXIT STATUS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO
NAME
- basename, dirname- deliver portions of path names
SYNOPSIS
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/usr/bin/basename string [suffix]
/usr/xpg4/bin/basename string [suffix]
dirname string
DESCRIPTION
The basename utility deletes any prefix ending in / and the suffix (if present in string ) from string , and prints the result on the standard output. It is normally used inside substitution marks (`` ) within shell procedures.
/usr/bin/basename
The suffix is a pattern defined on the expr(1) manual page.
/usr/xpg4/bin/basename
The suffix is a string with no special significance attached to any of the characters it contains.
The dirname utility delivers all but the last level of the path name in string .
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Examples of the basename command.
The following example, invoked with the argument /home/sms/personal/mail sets the environment variable NAME to the file named mail and the environment variable MYMAILPATH to the string /home/sms/personal :
example% NAME=`basename $HOME/personal/mail` example% MYMAILPATH=`dirname $HOME/personal/mail` |
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` |
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of basename and dirname : LC_CTYPE , LC_MESSAGES , and NLSPATH .
EXIT STATUS
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
/usr/bin/basename
/usr/xpg4/bin/basename
SEE ALSO
SunOS 5.8 Last Revised 18 Mar 1997NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES | EXIT STATUS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO
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