NAME
basename, dirname
— return filename or directory
portion of pathname
SYNOPSIS
basename |
string [suffix] |
dirname |
string |
DESCRIPTION
basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
‘/’ character present in
string, and a suffix, if given.
The resulting filename is written to the standard output. A non-existent
suffix is ignored.
dirname deletes the filename portion,
beginning with the last slash ‘/’
character to the end of string, and writes the result
to the standard output.
EXIT STATUS
Both the basename and
dirname utilities exit 0 on success, and >0 if an
error occurs.
EXAMPLES
The following line sets the shell variable
FOO to /usr/bin.
FOO=`dirname
/usr/bin/trail`SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The basename and
dirname utilities conform to IEEE
Std 1003.2-1992 (“POSIX.2”).