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BASENAME(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual BASENAME(1) NAME basename, dirname - return filename or directory portion of pathname SYNOPSIS basename string [suffix] basename [-a] [-s suffix] string [...] dirname string [...] DESCRIPTION The basename utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash `/' character present in string (after first stripping trailing slashes), and a suffix, if given. The suffix is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in string. The resulting filename is written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored. If -a is specified, then every argument is treated as a string as if basename were invoked with just one argument. If -s is specified, then the suffix is taken as its argument, and all other arguments are treated as a string. The dirname utility deletes the filename portion, beginning with the last slash `/' character to the end of string (after first stripping trailing slashes), and writes the result to the standard output. EXIT STATUS 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 csh(1), sh(1), basename(3), dirname(3) STANDARDS The basename and dirname utilities are expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compatible. HISTORY The basename utility first appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. The dirname utility first appeared in AT&T System III UNIX. FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 June 21, 2021 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8