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Unix v7 |
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basename(1) |
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basename − strip filename affixes
basename string [ suffix ]
Basename 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 ` ` in shell procedures.
This shell procedure invoked with the argument /usr/src/cmd/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current directory:
cc $1 |
mv a.out `basename $1 .c`
sh(1)
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