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                     37: .\"     @(#)basename.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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                     39: .Dd April 18, 1994
                     40: .Dt BASENAME 1
                     41: .Os
                     42: .Sh NAME
                     43: .Nm basename , dirname
                     44: .Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
                     45: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     46: .Nm basename
                     47: .Ar string
                     48: .Op Ar suffix
                     49: .Nm dirname
                     50: .Ar string
                     51: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     52: .Nm Basename
                     53: deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
                     54: .Ql \&/
                     55: character present in
                     56: .Ar string ,
                     57: and a
                     58: .Ar suffix ,
                     59: if given.
                     60: The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
                     61: A non-existent suffix is ignored.
                     62: .Pp
                     63: .Nm Dirname
                     64: deletes the filename portion, beginning
                     65: with the last slash
                     66: .Ql \&/
                     67: character to the end of
                     68: .Ar string ,
                     69: and writes the result to the standard output.
                     70: .Sh EXAMPLES
                     71: The following line sets the shell variable
                     72: .Ev FOO
                     73: to
                     74: .Pa /usr/bin .
                     75: .Pp
                     76: .Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
                     77: .Pp
                     78: Both the
                     79: .Nm basename
                     80: and
                     81: .Nm dirname
                     82: utilities
                     83: exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
                     84: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     85: .Xr csh 1 ,
                     86: .Xr sh 1
                     87: .Sh STANDARDS
                     88: The
                     89: .Nm basename
                     90: and
                     91: .Nm dirname
                     92: utilities conform to
                     93: .St -p1003.2-92 .