basename - Print NAME with any leading directory components removed If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX
basename
[-a|--multiple]
[-s|--suffix]
[-z|--zero]
[-h|--help]
[-V|--version] [name]
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX
support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME
<SUFFIX>remove a trailing SUFFIX; implies -a
end each output line with NUL, not newline
Print help
Print version
v(uutils coreutils) 0.10.0
Show only the file name from a path:
basename path/to/file
Show only the rightmost directory name from a path:
basename path/to/directory
Show only the file name from a path, with a suffix removed:
basename path/to/file suffix
The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.