@(#)basename.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 04/29/85

.AT 3 basename - strip filename affixes basename string [ suffix ] 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 \` \` in shell procedures.

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\`

sh(1)