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.\"	@(#)basename.1	6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
.\"
.TH BASENAME 1 "April 29, 1985"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
basename \- strip filename affixes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B basename
string [ suffix ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Basename
deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the
.I suffix,
if present in
.I string,
from
.I string,
and prints the result on the standard output.
It is normally used inside substitution marks \`\ \`
in shell procedures.
.PP
This shell procedure invoked with the argument
.I /usr/src/bin/cat.c
compiles the named file and moves the output to
.I cat
in the current directory:
.IP "" 15n
cc $1
.br
mv a.out \`basename $1 .c\`
.SH "SEE ALSO"
sh(1)
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95f51977	1	.\" @(#)basename.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
801033a1	2	.\"
95f51977	3	.TH BASENAME 1 "April 29, 1985"
801033a1 KM	4	.AT 3
	5	.SH NAME
	6	basename \- strip filename affixes
	7	.SH SYNOPSIS
	8	.B basename
	9	string [ suffix ]
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	.I Basename
	12	deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the
	13	.I suffix,
	14	if present in
	15	.I string,
	16	from
	17	.I string,
	18	and prints the result on the standard output.
	19	It is normally used inside substitution marks \`\ \`
	20	in shell procedures.
	21	.PP
	22	This shell procedure invoked with the argument
c00a5321	23	.I /usr/src/bin/cat.c
801033a1 KM	24	compiles the named file and moves the output to
	25	.I cat
	26	in the current directory:
	27	.IP "" 15n
	28	cc $1
	29	.br
	30	mv a.out \`basename $1 .c\`
	31	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	32	sh(1)