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| 1 | .TH BASENAME 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | basename, dirname \- strip off file prefixes and suffixes
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBbasename \fIfile\fR [\fIsuffix\fR]\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | \fBdirname \fIfile\fR
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| 8 | .de FL
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| 9 | .TP
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| 10 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 11 | \\$2
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| 12 | ..
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| 13 | .de EX
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| 14 | .TP 20
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| 15 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 16 | # \\$2
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| 17 | ..
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| 18 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 19 | .EX "basename /user/ast/file.c" "Strips path to yield \fIfile.c\fP"
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| 20 | .EX "basename /user/file.c .c" "Strips path and \fI.c\fP to yield \fIfile\fP"
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| 21 | .EX "dirname /user/file.c" "Strips basename to yield \fI/user\fP"
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| 22 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 23 | .PP
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| 24 | .I Basename
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| 25 | removes the initial directory names (if any) yielding the name of the
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| 26 | file itself.
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| 27 | If a second argument is present, it is interpreted as a suffix and is
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| 28 | also stripped, if present.
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| 29 | .PP
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| 30 | .I Dirname
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| 31 | removes the final component of a path, yielding the directory a file is in.
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| 32 | .PP
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| 33 | These programs are primarily used in shell scripts.
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