BASENAME(1)BASENAME(1)NAMEbasename - strip filename affixes
SYNOPSISbasename 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 ALSOsh(1)7th Edition April 29, 1985 BASENAME(1)