NAME¶

basename - Print NAME with any leading directory components removed If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX

SYNOPSIS¶

basename [-a|--multiple] [-s|--suffix] [-z|--zero] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [name]

DESCRIPTION¶

Print NAME with any leading directory components removed If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX

OPTIONS¶

-a, --multiple

support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

-s, --suffix <SUFFIX>

remove a trailing SUFFIX; implies -a

-z, --zero

end each output line with NUL, not newline

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

VERSION¶

v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0

EXAMPLES¶

Show only the file name from a path:

basename path/to/file

Show only the rightmost directory name from a path:

basename path/to/directory

Show only the file name from a path, with a suffix removed:

basename path/to/file suffix

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.