2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/basename.0

BASENAME(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      BASENAME(1)


NAME
     basename - strip filename affixes

SYNOPSIS
     basename string [ suffix ]

DESCRIPTION
     Basename deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the suffix, if
     present in string, from string, and prints the result on the
     standard output.  It is normally used inside substitution
     marks ` ` in shell procedures.

     This shell procedure invoked with the argument
     /usr/src/bin/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the
     output to cat in the current directory:

		    cc $1
		    mv a.out `basename $1 .c`

SEE ALSO
     sh(1)


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