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45 .Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
60 utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
64 (after first stripping trailing slashes),
70 is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in
72 The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
73 A non-existent suffix is ignored.
76 is specified, then every argument is treated as a
80 were invoked with just one argument.
83 is specified, then the
85 is taken as its argument, and all other arguments are treated as a
90 utility deletes the filename portion, beginning
93 character to the end of
95 (after first stripping trailing slashes),
96 and writes the result to the standard output.
98 .Ex -std basename dirname
100 The following line sets the shell variable
105 .Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
116 utilities are expected to be
121 utility does not conform to