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1.1     ! root        1: .TH BASENAME 1 
        !             2: .CT 1 shell
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: basename, dirname \- strip filename affixes
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B basename
        !             7: .I string
        !             8: [
        !             9: .I suffix
        !            10: ]
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B dirname
        !            13: .I string
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: These functions split off useful parts of a pathname;
        !            16: they are typically used inside substitution marks
        !            17: .BR `\ `
        !            18: in shell scripts.
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: .I Basename
        !            21: deletes any prefix ending in 
        !            22: .L /
        !            23: and the
        !            24: .I suffix,
        !            25: if present in
        !            26: .I string,
        !            27: from
        !            28: .I string,
        !            29: and prints the result on the standard output.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: .I Dirname
        !            32: places on standard output the name of the directory in which
        !            33: a file named
        !            34: .I string
        !            35: would nominally be found.
        !            36: The calculation is syntactic and independent of
        !            37: the contents of the file system.
        !            38: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .L
        !            41: cc $1 -o `basename $1 .c`
        !            42: Compile into 
        !            43: .LR file ,
        !            44: where
        !            45: .L $1
        !            46: is
        !            47: .L file.c
        !            48: or
        !            49: .LR dir/file.c .
        !            50: .TP
        !            51: .L
        !            52: cc $1 -o `dirname $1`/`basename $1 .c`
        !            53: Compile 
        !            54: .LR dir/file.c
        !            55: into
        !            56: .LR dir/file .
        !            57: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            58: .IR sh (1)

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