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40 .Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
56 utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
60 (after first stripping trailing slashes),
66 is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in
68 The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
69 A non-existent suffix is ignored.
72 is specified, then every argument is treated as a
76 were invoked with just one argument.
79 is specified, then the
81 is taken as its argument, and all other arguments are treated as a
86 utility deletes the filename portion, beginning
89 character to the end of
91 (after first stripping trailing slashes),
92 and writes the result to the standard output.
94 .Ex -std basename dirname
99 interprets the second argument as a
101 and produces "foo" followed by "bar" for:
103 .Dl basename -a /usr/bin/foo /sbin/bar
105 Passing multiple arguments to
112 .Dl dirname /usr/bin/foo /sbin/bar
114 The following line sets the shell variable
119 .Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
130 utilities are expected to be