User Commands					      BASENAME(1)



NAME
     basename -	strip directory	and suffix from	filenames

SYNOPSIS
     basename NAME [SUFFIX]
     basename OPTION

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

     --help
	  display this help and	exit

     --version
	  output version information and exit

EXAMPLES
     basename /usr/bin/sort
	  Output "sort".

     basename include/stdio.h .h
	  Output "stdio".

AUTHOR
     Written by	David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report basename bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     dirname(1), readlink(1)

     The full documentation for	basename is maintained as a  Tex-
     info manual.  If the info and basename programs are properly
     installed at your site, the command

	  info coreutils basename invocation





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