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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)basename.1  6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH BASENAME 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: basename \- strip filename affixes
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B basename
                      9: string [ suffix ]
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Basename
                     12: deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the
                     13: .I suffix,
                     14: if present in
                     15: .I string,
                     16: from
                     17: .I string,
                     18: and prints the result on the standard output.
                     19: It is normally used inside substitution marks \`\ \`
                     20: in shell procedures.
                     21: .PP
                     22: This shell procedure invoked with the argument
                     23: .I /usr/src/bin/cat.c
                     24: compiles the named file and moves the output to
                     25: .I cat
                     26: in the current directory:
                     27: .IP "" 15n
                     28: cc $1
                     29: .br
                     30: mv a.out \`basename $1 .c\`
                     31: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     32: sh(1)

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