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35.\" @(#)basename.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57The
58.Nm
59utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
60.Ql \&/
61character present in
62.Ar string
63(after first stripping trailing slashes),
64and a
65.Ar suffix ,
66if given.
67The
68.Ar suffix
69is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in
70.Ar string .
71The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
72A non-existent suffix is ignored.
73If
74.Fl a
75is specified, then every argument is treated as a
76.Ar string
77as if
78.Nm
79were invoked with just one argument.
80If
81.Fl s
82is specified, then the
83.Ar suffix
84is taken as its argument, and all other arguments are treated as a
85.Ar string .
86.Pp
87The
88.Nm dirname
89utility deletes the filename portion, beginning
90with the last slash
91.Ql \&/
92character to the end of
93.Ar string
94(after first stripping trailing slashes),
95and writes the result to the standard output.
96.Sh EXIT STATUS
97.Ex -std basename dirname
98.Sh EXAMPLES
99The following line sets the shell variable
100.Ev FOO
101to
102.Pa /usr/bin .
103.Pp
104.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
105.Sh SEE ALSO
106.Xr csh 1 ,
107.Xr sh 1 ,
108.Xr basename 3 ,
109.Xr dirname 3
110.Sh STANDARDS
111The
112.Nm
113and
114.Nm dirname
115utilities are expected to be
116.St -p1003.2
117compatible.
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