| Initial release | January 1979; 45 years ago (1979-01) |
|---|---|
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | coreutils: GPLv3+ Plan 9: MIT License |
basename is a standard computer programonUnix and Unix-like operating systems. When basename is given a pathname, it will delete any prefix up to the last slash ('/') character and return the result. basename is described in the Single UNIX Specification and is primarily used in shell scripts.
basename was introduced in X/Open Portability Guidelines issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of POSIX and the Single Unix Specification.[1] It first appeared in 4.4BSD.[2]
The version of basename bundled in GNU coreutils was written by David MacKenzie.[3]
The command is available as a separate package for Microsoft Windows as part of the GnuWin32 project[4] and the UnxUtils collection of native Win32 ports of common GNU Unix-like utilities.[5]
The Single UNIX Specification specification for basename is.
basename string [suffix]
basename will retrieve the last name from a pathname ignoring any trailing slashes
$ basename /home/jsmith/base.wiki
base.wiki
$ basename /home/jsmith/
jsmith
$ basename /
/
basename can also be used to remove the end of the base name, but not the complete base name
$ basename /home/jsmith/base.wiki .wiki
base
$ basename /home/jsmith/base.wiki kibase.wi
$ basename /home/jsmith/base.wiki base.wiki
base.wiki
basename – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group
basename(1) – FreeBSD General Commands Manual
basename(1) – Linux User Manual – User Commands
basename: return non-directory portion of a pathname – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Groupbasename(1) – Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 1basename(1) – Inferno General commands Manualbasename(1) – Linux User Commands Manualbasename(1) – OpenBSD General Commands Manual|
| |
|---|---|
| File system |
|
| Processes |
|
| User environment |
|
| Text processing |
|
| Shell builtins |
|
| Searching |
|
| Documentation |
|
| Software development |
|
| Miscellaneous |
|
| |
|
| |
|---|---|
| File system |
|
| Processes |
|
| User environment |
|
| Text processing |
|
| Shell builtins |
|
| Networking |
|
| Searching |
|
| Software development |
|
| Miscellaneous |
|
| |
|
GNU Core Utilities command-line interface programs
| |
|---|---|
| File system |
|
| Text utilities |
|
| Shell utilities |
|
