TH BASENAME 1
SH NAME
basename \- strip file name affixes
SH SYNOPSIS
B basename
[
B -d
]
I string
[
I suffix
]
SH DESCRIPTION
PP
I Basename
deletes any prefix ending in slash
RB ( / )
and the
IR suffix ,
if present in
IR string ,
from
IR string ,
and prints the result on the standard output.
PP
The
B -d
option instead prints the directory component,
that is,
I string
up to but not including the final slash.
If the string contains no slash,
a period and newline are printed.
SH SOURCE
B /sys/src/cmd/basename.c