.TH BASENAME 1plan9 
.SH NAME
basename \- strip file name affixes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B basename
[
.B -d
]
.I string
[
.I suffix
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Basename
deletes any prefix ending in slash
.RB ( / )
and the
.IR suffix ,
if present in
.IR string ,
from
.IR string ,
and prints the result on the standard output.
.PP
The
.B -d
option instead prints the directory component,
that is,
.I string
up to but not including the final slash.
If the string contains no slash,
a period and newline are printed.
.SH SOURCE
.B \*9/src/cmd/basename.c