Name
basename
Synopsis
basenamepathname
[suffix
]
Given a pathname, strips the path prefix and
leave just the filename, which is printed on standard output. If
specified, a filename suffix (e.g.,
.c
) is removed also. basename
is typically invoked via command substitution ('...') to generate a
filename. See also dirname
.
Example
Given the following fragment from a Bourne shell script:
ofile=output_file
myname="`basename $0`"
echo "$myname: QUITTING: can't open $ofile" 1>&2
exit 1
If the script is called do_it
, the following
message is printed on standard error:
do_it: QUITTING: can't open output_file
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