BASENAME(1) General Commands Manual BASENAME(1) NAME basename - Print NAME with any leading directory components removed If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX SYNOPSIS basename [-z] NAME [SUFFIX] basename OPTION... NAME... DESCRIPTION Print NAME with any leading directory components removed If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX OPTIONS -a, --multiple support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME -s, --suffix remove a trailing SUFFIX; implies -a -z, --zero end each output line with NUL, not newline -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version VERSION v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 BASENAME(1)