basename(1)basename(1)NAME
basename, dirname - deliver portions of pathnames
SYNOPSIS
basename string [ suffix ]
dirname string
DESCRIPTION
basename deletes any prefix ending in / and the suffix (if present in
string) from string, and prints the result on the standard output. It is
normally used inside substitution marks (``) within shell procedures.
The suffix is a pattern as defined on the ed(1) manual page.
dirname delivers all but the last level of the pathname in string.
EXAMPLES
The following example, invoked with the argument /home/sms/personal/mail
sets the environment variable NAME to the filenamed mail and the
environment variable MYMAILPATH to the string /home/sms/personal.
NAME=`basename $HOME/personal/mail`
MYMAILPATH=`dirname $HOME/personal/mail`
This shell procedure, invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c,
compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current
directory:
cc $1
mv a.out `basename $1 '\.c'`
FILES
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
language-specific message file (See LANG on environ(5).)
SEE ALSOed(1), sh(1).
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