BASENAME(1)          INTERACTIVE UNIX System          BASENAME(1)



          NAME
               basename, dirname - deliver portions of path names

          SYNOPSIS
               basename string [ suffix ]
               dirname string

          DESCRIPTION
               The basename command deletes any prefix ending in / and the
               suffix (if present in string) from string, and prints the
               result on the standard output.  It is normally used inside
               substitution marks (``) within shell procedures.

               The dirname command delivers all but the last level of the
               path name in string.

          EXAMPLES
               The following example, invoked with the argument
               /usr/src/cmd/cat.c, compiles the named file and moves the
               output to a file named cat in the current directory:

                    cc $1
                    mv a.out `basename $1 '\.c'`

               The following example will set the shell variable NAME to
               /usr/src/cmd:

                    NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

          SEE ALSO
               sh(1).
























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