• NAME
  
  basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
• SYNOPSIS
  
  basename NAME [SUFFIX]
  basename OPTION
• DESCRIPTION
  
  
  
  Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.

  --help

  display this help and exit

  --version

  output version information and exit

• EXAMPLES
  

  basename /usr/bin/sort

  Output "sort".

  basename include/stdio.h .h

  Output "stdio".

• AUTHOR
  
  Written by David MacKenzie.
• REPORTING BUGS
  
  Report basename bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
  GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
  General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
• SEE ALSO
  
  dirname(1) , readlink(1)
  
  The full documentation for basename is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and basename programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils (aqbasename invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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