1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.43.3.
2 .TH BASENAME "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.22" "User Commands"
4 basename \- strip directory and suffix from filenames
7 \fINAME \fR[\fISUFFIX\fR]
10 \fIOPTION\fR... \fINAME\fR...
12 .\" Add any additional description here
14 Print NAME with any leading directory components removed.
15 If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
17 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
19 \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-multiple\fR
20 support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME
22 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR
23 remove a trailing SUFFIX
25 \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR
26 separate output with NUL rather than newline
29 display this help and exit
32 output version information and exit
35 basename /usr/bin/sort
38 basename include/stdio.h .h
41 basename \-s .h include/stdio.h
44 basename \-a any/str1 any/str2
45 \-> "str1" followed by "str2"
47 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
48 Report basename translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
50 Written by David MacKenzie.
52 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
53 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
55 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
56 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
58 dirname(1), readlink(1)
60 The full documentation for
62 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
66 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
68 .B info coreutils \(aqbasename invocation\(aq
70 should give you access to the complete manual.