From cfa37a7b1131abbab2e7d339b451f5f0e3198cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rsc Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:53:55 +0000 Subject: Lots of man pages. --- man/man1/basename.1 | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man1/basename.1 (limited to 'man/man1/basename.1') diff --git a/man/man1/basename.1 b/man/man1/basename.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c72638f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/basename.1 @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +.TH BASENAME 1 +.SH NAME +basename \- strip file name affixes +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B basename +[ +.B -d +] +.I string +[ +.I suffix +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +.I Basename +deletes any prefix ending in slash +.RB ( / ) +and the +.IR suffix , +if present in +.IR string , +from +.IR string , +and prints the result on the standard output. +.PP +The +.B -d +option instead prints the directory component, +that is, +.I string +up to but not including the final slash. +If the string contains no slash, +a period and newline are printed. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/basename.c -- cgit v1.2.3