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.\"     @(#)basename.1	6.3 (Berkeley) %G%
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.Dt BASENAME 1
.Dd 
.Os BSD 4.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm basename
.Nd Extract filename from pathname
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm basename
.Ar string
.Op suffix
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Basename
strips 
.Ar string
of its pathname prefix
and a
.Ar suffix ,
if given, to the standard output.
If
.Ar string
ends in the slash character,
.Li / ,
or is the same as the
.Ar suffix
argument,
a newline is output.
A non-existant suffix is ignored.
.Pp
The following line sets the shell variable
.Ev FOO
to
.Pa /usr/bin .
.Pp
.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
.Pp
.Ar baseline
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sh 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm baseline
function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.