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1.1       root        1: .TH BASENAME 1 
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: basename \- strip file name affixes
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B basename
                      6: [
                      7: .B -d
                      8: ]
                      9: .I string
                     10: [
                     11: .I suffix
                     12: ]
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .PP
                     15: .I Basename
                     16: deletes any prefix ending in slash
                     17: .RB ( / )
                     18: and the
                     19: .IR suffix ,
                     20: if present in
                     21: .IR string ,
                     22: from
                     23: .IR string ,
                     24: and prints the result on the standard output.
                     25: .PP
                     26: The
                     27: .B -d
                     28: option instead prints the directory component,
                     29: that is,
                     30: .I string
                     31: up to but not including the final slash.
                     32: If the string contains no slash,
                     33: a period and newline are printed.
                     34: .SH SOURCE
                     35: .B /sys/src/cmd/basename.c

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