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| BASENAME(1) | User Commands | BASENAME(1) |
NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenamesSYNOPSIS
basename NAME [SUFFIX]basename OPTION... NAME...
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -a, --multiple
- support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME
- -s, --suffix=SUFFIX
- remove a trailing SUFFIX
- -z, --zero
- separate output with NUL rather than newline
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
- basename /usr/bin/sort
- -> "sort"
- basename include/stdio.h .h
- -> "stdio"
- basename -s .h include/stdio.h
- -> "stdio"
- basename -a any/str1 any/str2
- -> "str1" followed by "str2"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
dirname(1), readlink(1)The full documentation for basename is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and basename programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info coreutils 'basename invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
| November 2020 | GNU coreutils 8.22 |
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