> Furthermore, with a --suffix option, we could also allow multiple command
> line arguments, another usage case that might prove useful:
>
> $ basename --suffix=.h foo.h bar.h
It's always fun until somebody puts out an eye by having a file named
"--suffix=.h".
Regarding the original query, why not just use awk?
awk -F/ '{print $NF}'
Or script it?
while read filename; do
base=`basename $filename`
echo $base
done
Evan Hunt
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