NAME

basename - (BSD) return non-directory portion of a pathname

SYNOPSIS

/usr/local/heirloom/usr/ucb/basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION

Basename deletes the directory part of the filename-like string and prints the result. If suffix is specified, and suffix matches the last part of the result, the matched portion of the fixed string string is also deleted.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

LANG, LC_ALL

See locale(7).

LC_CTYPE

Determines the mapping of bytes to characters.

SEE ALSO

dirname(1), grep(1), sh(1), locale(7)