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35.\"     @(#)basename.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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38.Dd April 18, 1994
39.Dt BASENAME 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm basename , dirname
43.Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Ar string
47.Op Ar suffix
48.Nm
49.Op Fl a
50.Op Fl s Ar suffix
51.Ar string
52.Op Ar ...
53.Nm dirname
54.Ar string
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
59.Ql \&/
60character present in
61.Ar string
62(after first stripping trailing slashes),
63and a
64.Ar suffix ,
65if given.
66The
67.Ar suffix
68is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in
69.Ar string .
70The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
71A non-existent suffix is ignored.
72If
73.Fl a
74is specified, then every argument is treated as a
75.Ar string
76as if
77.Nm
78were invoked with just one argument.
79If
80.Fl s
81is specified, then the
82.Ar suffix
83is taken as its argument, and all other arguments are treated as a
84.Ar string .
85.Pp
86The
87.Nm dirname
88utility deletes the filename portion, beginning
89with the last slash
90.Ql \&/
91character to the end of
92.Ar string
93(after first stripping trailing slashes),
94and writes the result to the standard output.
95.Sh EXIT STATUS
96.Ex -std basename dirname
97.Sh EXAMPLES
98The following line sets the shell variable
99.Ev FOO
100to
101.Pa /usr/bin .
102.Pp
103.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr csh 1 ,
106.Xr sh 1
107.Sh STANDARDS
108The
109.Nm
110and
111.Nm dirname
112utilities are expected to be
113.St -p1003.2
114compatible.
115