basename(1)
basename --
remove directory part of pathname
Synopsis
basename string [suffix]
dirname string
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
(` `) within shell procedures.
The suffix is a pattern as defined on the
ed(1)
manual page.
Trailing slashes are stripped.
Several degenerate cases should be mentioned.
basename / returns
/ (a single slash), while basename invoked with an
empty string, `` '', or with no string at all, returns ``.''
(a single dot).
dirname
delivers all but the last level of the path name in
string.
The LC_CTYPE environment variable defines the codesets used in the
pathname
(see LANG on
environ(5)).
Examples
The following example, invoked with the string
/home/sms/personal/mail
sets the environment variable NAME
to the file named mail
and the environment variable
MYMAILPATH to the string
/home/sms/personal.
NAME=`basename $HOME/personal/mail`
MYMAILPATH=`dirname $HOME/personal/mail`
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`
Files
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore-
language-specific message file
(see LANG on
environ(5)).
References
ed(1),
sh(1)
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004