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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
.TH BASENAME "1" "August 2023" "GNU coreutils 9.4" "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: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basename>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) basename invocation\(aq
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