Talk:Basename

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i would like to know differences between Unix and Linux in details.

[edit] What's the complementary function?

basename is great and I use it all of the time. However, I need to get the directory name from a path. Is there a function that does that?!?

Thanks.

It's dirname. --TheParanoidOne 22:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Is there a word for "basename without extension"? I propose barename. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.188.134.52 (talk • contribs) 00:12, 31 August 2006 UTC

How about (in bash)

$ barename() { basename $1 | sed -e 's/[.].*$//'; }
$ barename dirA/dirB/somebasefile.ext
somebasefile

--WayneMokane 20:52, 31 July 2007 (UTC)