Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

Name

basename — strip directory and suffix from filenames

Synopsis

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"

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report basename bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

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.

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.