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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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35.\" @(#)basename.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
34.\"
35.\" @(#)basename.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
36.\" $Id$
36.\" $Id: basename.1,v 1.4 1997/02/22 19:54:11 peter Exp $
37.\"
38.Dd April 18, 1994
39.Dt BASENAME 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm basename , dirname
43.Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm basename
46.Ar string
47.Op Ar suffix
48.Nm dirname
49.Ar string
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Nm Basename
52deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
53.Ql \&/
54character present in
37.\"
38.Dd April 18, 1994
39.Dt BASENAME 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm basename , dirname
43.Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm basename
46.Ar string
47.Op Ar suffix
48.Nm dirname
49.Ar string
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Nm Basename
52deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
53.Ql \&/
54character present in
55.Ar string ,
55.Ar string
56(after first stripping trailing slashes),
56and a
57.Ar suffix ,
58if given.
57and a
58.Ar suffix ,
59if given.
59The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
60If
61.Ar string
62ends in the slash character,
63.Ql / ,
64or is the same as the
60The
65.Ar suffix
61.Ar suffix
66argument,
67a newline is output.
62is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in
63.Ar string .
64The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
68A non-existent suffix is ignored.
69.Pp
70.Nm Dirname
71deletes the filename portion, beginning
72with the last slash
73.Ql \&/
74character to the end of
65A non-existent suffix is ignored.
66.Pp
67.Nm Dirname
68deletes the filename portion, beginning
69with the last slash
70.Ql \&/
71character to the end of
75.Ar string ,
72.Ar string
73(after first stripping trailing slashes),
76and writes the result to the standard output.
77.Sh EXAMPLES
78The following line sets the shell variable
79.Ev FOO
80to
81.Pa /usr/bin .
82.Pp
83.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`

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74and writes the result to the standard output.
75.Sh EXAMPLES
76The following line sets the shell variable
77.Ev FOO
78to
79.Pa /usr/bin .
80.Pp
81.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`

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