NAME

basename − strip filename affixes

SYNOPSIS

basename 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 ALSO

sh(1)

7th Edition  —  April 29, 1985