| .TH BASENAME 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| basename \- strip file name affixes |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B basename |
| [ |
| .B -d |
| ] |
| .I string |
| [ |
| .I suffix |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .PP |
| .I Basename |
| deletes any prefix ending in slash |
| .RB ( / ) |
| and the |
| .IR suffix , |
| if present in |
| .IR string , |
| from |
| .IR string , |
| and prints the result on the standard output. |
| .PP |
| The |
| .B -d |
| option instead prints the directory component, |
| that is, |
| .I string |
| up to but not including the final slash. |
| If the string contains no slash, |
| a period and newline are printed. |
| .SH SOURCE |
| .B /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/basename.c |
