.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.48.5. .TH BASENAME "1" "March 2024" "GNU coreutils 9.5" "User Commands" .SH NAME basename \- strip directory and suffix from filenames .SH SYNOPSIS .B basename \fI\,NAME \/\fR[\fI\,SUFFIX\/\fR] .br .B basename \fI\,OPTION\/\fR... \fI\,NAME\/\fR... .SH DESCRIPTION .\" Add any additional description here .PP Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX. .PP Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. .TP \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-multiple\fR support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME .TP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fI\,SUFFIX\/\fR remove a trailing SUFFIX; implies \fB\-a\fR .TP \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zero\fR end each output line with NUL, not newline .TP \fB\-\-help\fR display this help and exit .TP \fB\-\-version\fR output version information and exit .SH EXAMPLES .TP basename /usr/bin/sort \-> "sort" .TP basename include/stdio.h .h \-> "stdio" .TP basename \-s .h include/stdio.h \-> "stdio" .TP basename \-a any/str1 any/str2 \-> "str1" followed by "str2" .SH AUTHOR Written by David MacKenzie. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" GNU coreutils online help: .br Report any translation bugs to .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. .SH "SEE ALSO" \fBdirname\fP(1), \fBreadlink\fP(1) .PP .br Full documentation .br or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) basename invocation\(aq