BASENAME
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NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
SYNOPSIS
basename
name [suffix]
basename
{--help,--version}
DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
basename.
The
basename
command removes any leading directory components from
name;
If
suffix
is specified and is identical to the end of
name,
it is removed from
name
as well.
basename
prints the resulting name on the standard output.
OPTIONS
- --help
-
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
- --version
-
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
Index
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