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1.1     ! root        1: .TH BASENAME 1 "1 April 1981"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: basename \- strip filename affixes
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B basename
        !             6: string [ suffix ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Basename
        !             9: deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the
        !            10: .I suffix,
        !            11: if present in
        !            12: .I string,
        !            13: from
        !            14: .I string,
        !            15: and prints the result on the standard output.
        !            16: It is normally used inside substitution marks \`\ \`
        !            17: in shell procedures.
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: This shell procedure invoked with the argument
        !            20: .I /usr/src/bin/cat.c
        !            21: compiles the named file and moves the output to
        !            22: .I cat
        !            23: in the current directory:
        !            24: .IP "" 15n
        !            25: cc $1
        !            26: .br
        !            27: mv a.out \`basename $1 .c\`
        !            28: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            29: sh(1)

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