1 .TH BASENAME 1 
2 .SH NAME
3 basename \- strip file name affixes
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B basename
6 [
7 .B -d
8 ]
9 .I string
10 [
11 .I suffix
12 ]
13 .SH DESCRIPTION
14 .PP
15 .I Basename
16 deletes any prefix ending in slash
17 .RB ( / )
18 and the
19 .IR suffix ,
20 if present in
21 .IR string ,
22 from
23 .IR string ,
24 and prints the result on the standard output.
25 .PP
26 The
27 .B -d
28 option instead prints the directory component,
29 that is,
30 .I string
31 up to but not including the final slash.
32 If the string contains no slash,
33 a period and newline are printed.
34 .SH SOURCE
35 .B \*9/src/cmd/basename.c