basename1
Return filename portion of pathname
Usage
basename string
[suffix]
Overview
basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (‘/’) character present in string, and a suffix, if given. The resulting filename is written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored.
Exit status
The basename utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
Examples
The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:
FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`
Releases
61 releases since OpenBSD 2.1; the text changed 9 times.