BASENAME(1) - General Commands Manual #

BASENAME(1) - General Commands Manual

NAME #

basename - return filename portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS #

basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION #

basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (’/’) character present in string, and a suffix, if given. The resulting filename is written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored.

EXIT STATUS #

The basename utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES #

The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:

FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`

SEE ALSO #

[csh(1)](/man/man1/csh.1), dirname(1), sh(1), basename(3)

STANDARDS #

The basename utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

OpenBSD 7.5 - September 3, 2010