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.TH BASENAME 1 .SH NAME basename \- strip file name affixes .SH SYNOPSIS .B basename [ .B -d ] .I string [ .I suffix ] .SH DESCRIPTION .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, the current directory name .L . is printed. .SH SOURCE .B /appl/cmd/basename.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR cleanname (1), .IR pwd (1), .IR names (2)