BASENAME(1)                OpenBSD Reference Manual                BASENAME(1)

NAME
     basename - return filename portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS
     basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION
     basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (`/') character
     present in string, and a suffix, if given.  The resulting filename is
     written to the standard output.  A non-existent suffix is ignored.

     The basename utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

EXAMPLES
     The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:

           FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), dirname(1), sh(1), basename(3)

STANDARDS
     The basename utility conforms to IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').

OpenBSD 3.0                     April 18, 1994                               1
