BASENAME(1)                OpenBSD Reference Manual                BASENAME(1)

NAME
     basename - return filename portion of pathname



SYNOPSIS
     basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION
     basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (`/') character
     present in string, and a suffix, if given.  The resulting filename is
     written to the standard output.  A non-existent suffix is ignored.

EXAMPLES
     The following line sets the shell variable FOO to ls.

           FOO=`basename /usr/bin/trail`

DIAGNOSTICS
     The basename utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     csh(1),  dirname(1),  sh(1),  basename(3)

STANDARDS
     The basename utility conforms to IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').

OpenBSD 2.6                     April 18, 1994                               1