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basename(1B)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Examples | Attributes | See Also

Name

basename– display portions of pathnames

Synopsis

/usr/ucb/basename string [suffix]

Description

The basename utility deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the suffix, if present in string. It directs the result to the standard output, and is normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures. The suffix is a string with no special significance attached to any of the characters it contains.

Examples

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Example 1 Using the basename command.




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:

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

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Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWscpu

See Also

sh(1), attributes(5)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Examples | Attributes | See Also