basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
basename NAME [SUFFIX] basename OPTION... NAME...
BASENAME(1) User Commands BASENAME(1) NAME basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames SYNOPSIS basename NAME [SUFFIX] basename OPTION... NAME... DESCRIPTION Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If speci- fied, also remove a trailing SUFFIX. -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 --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit EXAMPLES 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" 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/> Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationpro- ject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2012 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. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+--------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+--------------------+ |Availability | file/gnu-coreutils | +---------------+--------------------+ |Stability | Uncommitted | +---------------+--------------------+ SEE ALSO 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. NOTES This software was built from source available at https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core- utils-8.16.tar.xz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/. GNU coreutils 8.16 March 2012 BASENAME(1)