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<h2>basename - Return non-directory portion of path name</h2>
<strong>Synopsis</strong>
<p><strong>basename</strong> <em>string</em> [<em>suffix</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>You can use <strong>basename</strong> to delete any prefix
ending with the last slash (/) character present in <em>
string</em>, and a <em>suffix</em>, if specified. The resulting
filename is written to standard output. The <em>string</em> is
processed using the following rules:</p>
<ul>
<li>If <em>string</em> consists entirely of slash characters, a
single slash character is written to standard output and processing
ends.</li>
<li>If there are any trailing slash characters in <em>string</em>,
they are removed.</li>
<li>If there are any slash characters remaining in <em>string</em>,
the prefix of <em>string</em> up to and including the last slash
character is removed.</li>
<li>If a <em>suffix</em> is specified, and is not identical to the
characters remaining in <em>string</em>, and is identical to a
suffix of the characters remaining in <em>string</em>, the suffix
is removed. Otherwise <em>string</em> is not modified. It is not an
error if <em>suffix</em> is not found in <em>string</em>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>0 on success</li>
<li>&gt;0 if an error occurs.</li>
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<p><strong>Related information</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="dirname.htm">dirname - Return directory portion of
path name</a></li>
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<strong>Examples</strong>
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<li>Set the shell variable FOO to "trail".
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FOO=$(basename /usr/bin/trail)
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</li>
<li>Return the last part of the path "/usr/bin/this_test" with the
"test" suffix removed.
<pre>
basename /usr/bin/this_test test
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</li>
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