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    Types: TextFile
    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »basename.1«

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└─⟦26887b7e0⟧ Bits:30009717 Comet 32 harddisk image
    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/man/man1/basename.1«

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	@(#)basename.1	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH BASENAME 1
.SH NAME
basename \- strip filename affixes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B basename
string [ suffix [ prefix ] ] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Basename
first deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the
.IR suffix ,
if present in
.IR string ,
from
.IR string .
It then deletes the
.IR prefix ,
if present,
from
.I string
and prints the result on the standard output.
It is normally used inside substitution marks \`\ \`
in shell procedures.
.PP
The optional
.I prefix
argument is useful for stripping off SCCS-style file prefixes.
.PP
This shell procedure invoked with the argument
.I /usr/src/cmd/cat.c
compiles the named file and moves the output to
.I cat
in the current directory:
.IP "" 15n
cc $1
.br
mv a.out \`basename $1 .c\`
.SH "SEE ALSO"
sh(1)