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Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2025
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NAME
basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
SYNOPSIS
basename
,NAME /[,SUFFIX/]
basename
,OPTION/... ,NAME/...
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed.
If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
- -a, --multiple
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support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME
- -s, --suffix=,SUFFIX/
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remove a trailing SUFFIX; implies -a
- -z, --zero
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end each output line with NUL, not newline
- --help
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display this help and exit
- --version
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output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
- basename /usr/bin/sort
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-> "sort"
- basename include/stdio.h .h
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-> "stdio"
- basename -s .h include/stdio.h
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-> "stdio"
- basename -a any/str1 any/str2
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-> "str1" followed by "str2"
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
dirname(1), readlink(1)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basename>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) basename invocation'
Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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