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Basename

basename is a common program found on Unix systems. Given a pathname[?], it will return the name of the file that the pathname refers to. For example, basename /home/john/pictures/cat.jpg will return "cat.jpg". Although this seems fairly obvious to humans, basename is a useful tool in shell scripts.

See also: List of Unix programs

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