NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename - return filename portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (`/')
character
     present  in  string,  and a suffix, if given.  The resulting
filename is
     written to the standard output.  A  non-existent  suffix  is
ignored.

     The  basename  utility  exits 0 on success or >0 if an error
occurred.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:

           FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     csh(1), dirname(1), sh(1), basename(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  basename  utility  conforms  to  IEEE  Std  1003.2-1992
(``POSIX.2'').

OpenBSD      3.6                          April      18,     1994