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1.11    ! aaron       1: .\"    $OpenBSD: basename.1,v 1.10 1999/11/20 07:45:56 dugsong Exp $
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                     38: .\"     @(#)basename.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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                     40: .Dd April 18, 1994
                     41: .Dt BASENAME 1
                     42: .Os
                     43: .Sh NAME
1.4       deraadt    44: .Nm basename
                     45: .Nd return filename portion of pathname
1.1       deraadt    46: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     47: .Nm basename
                     48: .Ar string
                     49: .Op Ar suffix
                     50: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.7       aaron      51: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    52: deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
1.5       aaron      53: .Pq Sq \&/
1.1       deraadt    54: character present in
                     55: .Ar string ,
                     56: and a
                     57: .Ar suffix ,
                     58: if given.
                     59: The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
                     60: A non-existent suffix is ignored.
1.11    ! aaron      61: .Pp
        !            62: The
        !            63: .Nm
        !            64: utility
        !            65: exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
1.6       aaron      66: .Sh EXAMPLES
1.1       deraadt    67: The following line sets the shell variable
                     68: .Ev FOO
                     69: to
1.10      dugsong    70: .Pa tail :
1.1       deraadt    71: .Pp
1.10      dugsong    72: .Dl FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`
1.1       deraadt    73: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.5       aaron      74: .Xr csh 1 ,
1.4       deraadt    75: .Xr dirname 1 ,
1.8       aaron      76: .Xr sh 1 ,
                     77: .Xr basename 3
1.1       deraadt    78: .Sh STANDARDS
                     79: The
1.7       aaron      80: .Nm
                     81: utility conforms to
1.1       deraadt    82: .St -p1003.2-92 .