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BASENAME(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual          BASENAME(1)



N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
    basename - strip filename affixes

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    b\bba\bas\bse\ben\bna\bam\bme\be string [ suffix ]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    _\bB_\ba_\bs_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the _\bs_\bu_\bf_\bf_\bi_\bx, if
    present in _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg, from _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg, and prints the result on the
    standard output.  It is normally used inside substitution
    marks ` ` in shell procedures.

    This shell procedure invoked with the argument
    /_\bu_\bs_\br/_\bs_\br_\bc/_\bb_\bi_\bn/_\bc_\ba_\bt._\bc compiles the named file and moves the
    output to _\bc_\ba_\bt in the current directory:

                   cc $1
                   mv a.out `basename $1 .c`

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
    sh(1)


































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