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.TH BASENAME 1B "Mar 28, 1995"
.SH NAME
basename \- display portions of pathnames
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/ucb/basename\fR \fIstring\fR [\fIsuffix\fR]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBbasename\fR utility deletes any prefix ending in `\fB/\fR' and the
\fIsuffix\fR, if present in \fIstring\fR. It directs the result to the standard
output, and is normally used inside substitution marks (\fB` `\fR) within shell
procedures. The \fIsuffix\fR is a string with no special significance attached
to any of the characters it contains.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRUsing the \fBbasename\fR command.
.sp
.LP
This shell procedure invoked with the argument \fB/usr/src/bin/cat.c\fR
compiles the named file and moves the output to \fBcat\fR in the current
directory:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example% \fBcc $1\fR
example% \fBmv a.out `basename $1 .c`\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR sh (1),
.BR attributes (7)