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.

       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

       -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"

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AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.



GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                      BASENAME(1)