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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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