1.\" $OpenBSD: basename.1,v 1.11 2000/03/04 21:12:01 aaron Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: basename.1,v 1.9 1995/03/25 18:17:45 glass Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994 5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 8.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 19.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 20.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 21.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 22.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 23.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 24.\" without specific prior written permission. 25.\" 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 27.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 28.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 29.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 30.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 31.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 32.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 33.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 34.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 35.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 36.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 37.\" 38.\" @(#)basename.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 39.\" 40.Dd April 18, 1994 41.Dt BASENAME 1 42.Os 43.Sh NAME 44.Nm basename 45.Nd return filename portion of pathname 46.Sh SYNOPSIS 47.Nm basename 48.Ar string 49.Op Ar suffix 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51.Nm 52deletes any prefix ending with the last slash 53.Pq Sq \&/ 54character present in 55.Ar string , 56and a 57.Ar suffix , 58if given. 59The resulting filename is written to the standard output. 60A non-existent suffix is ignored. 61.Pp 62The 63.Nm 64utility 65exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred. 66.Sh EXAMPLES 67The following line sets the shell variable 68.Ev FOO 69to 70.Pa tail : 71.Pp 72.Dl FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail` 73.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Xr csh 1 , 75.Xr dirname 1 , 76.Xr sh 1 , 77.Xr basename 3 78.Sh STANDARDS 79The 80.Nm 81utility conforms to 82.St -p1003.2-92 . 83