ref: a54fcac01609be9438f6fb05b4da4be01c303383
dir: /sys/man/1/basename/
.TH BASENAME 1 .SH NAME basename \- strip file name affixes .SH SYNOPSIS .B basename [ .B -d ] .I string [ .I suffix ] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .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, a period and newline are printed. .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/cmd/basename.c