basename

Options

--multiple, -a

basename-help-multiple

--suffix=<SUFFIX>, -s <SUFFIX>

basename-help-suffix

--zero, -z

basename-help-zero

Examples

Show only the file name from a path:

basename {{path/to/file}}

Show only the rightmost directory name from a path:

basename {{path/to/directory}}

Show only the file name from a path, with a suffix removed:

basename {{path/to/file}} {{suffix}}

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project under the CC BY 4.0 License.

Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.