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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 specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -a, --multiple
- support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME
- -s, --suffix=SUFFIX
- remove a trailing SUFFIX; implies -a
- -z, --zero
- end each output line with NUL, not 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¶
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COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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.
SEE ALSO¶
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basename>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) basename invocation'
September 2022 | GNU coreutils 9.1 |