BASENAME(1)BASENAME(1)
NAME
basename – strip file name affixes
SYNOPSIS
basename
[
-d
]
string
[
suffix
]
DESCRIPTION
Basename
deletes any prefix ending in slash
(/)
and the
suffix,
if present in
string,
from
string,
and prints the result on the standard output.
The
-d
option instead prints the directory component,
that is,
string
up to but not including the final slash.
If the string contains no slash,
a period and newline are printed.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/basename.c