Name
basename — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
basenamepath[suffix]
The basename command prints
the final component in a file path:
$ basename /users/smith/finances/money.txt money.txt
If you provide an optional suffix, it gets stripped from the result:
$ basename /users/smith/finances/money.txt .txt money
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