FENIX_coreutils/basename.1

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.TH BASENAME 1
.SH NAME
basename \- return non-directory portion of a pathname
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B basename
.IR string
[\fIsuffix\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B basename
strips a pathname of everything but the string following the last
slash and prints the result. If the pathname has a trailing slash,
it is removed, and it prints everything past the slash before it. If
a suffix is included, it will remove the suffix from the basename
before printing it.
.SH OPTIONS
None
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.nf
.RS
basename /usr/share/include/stdio.h
.RE
.fi
.PP
Prints out "stdio.h"
.PP
.nf
.RS
basename /usr/share/include/stdio.h .h
.RE
.fi
.PP
Prints out "stdio"
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dirname (1)
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Kat.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2019 Katlynn Richey
.PP
This software is free software. Feel free to modify it and/or pass
it around.