basename, dirname — Deliver Portions of Path Names
Synopsis
/usr/bin/basename string [suffix] /usr/xpg4/bin/basename string [suffix] dirname string
Description
You can use the basename command to strip path names off a file name. For example, if you have an environment variable that contains a complete path name, you might want to extract just the name of the file without the complete path. This command is normally used inside substitution marks (``) within shell procedures.
/usr/bin/basename
The suffix is a pattern defined on the expr(1) manual page.
/usr/xpg4/bin/basename
/usr/xpg4/bin/basename is a POSIX-compliant version of the /usr/bin/basename command. See standards(5).
The suffix is a string with no special significance attached ...
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