.TH BASENAME 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
basename \(em return the non-directory portion of a path
.SH SYNOPSYS
\fBbasename\fR \fIstring\fR [\fIsuffix\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Print the non-directory portion of a given path.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
.B --help
Display help information.
.TP
.B --version
Display version information.
.SH OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
.TP
.I string
A path.
.TP
.I suffix
A suffix to be removed from the output.
.SH EXIT STATUS
The following exit values will be returned:
.TP
\ 0
Successful completion.
.TP
>0
An error occurred.
.SH STANDARDS
The \fIbasename\fR utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.2-1992
("POSIX.2") specification.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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