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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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