9base-basename1
Strip file name affixes
Usage
basename [-d]
string
[suffix]
Overview
Basename deletes any prefix ending in slash (/) and the suffix, if present in string, from string, and prints the result on the standard output.
The -d option instead prints the directory component, that is, string up to but not including the final slash. If the string contains no slash, a period and newline are printed.
Source
/src/cmd/basename.c
Releases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch).