> [...]
> I just logged onto an OS X box there and you're right:
>
> $ printf "%s\n" 1/1 2/2 | xargs basename
> 1
>
> $ printf "%s\n" 1/1 2/2 3/3| xargs basename
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> However I think it's dangerous to do that.
> If I was writing a script I would probably test with
> 1 or 3 or more arguments. But the script would then fail if
> given 2 args based on transient conditions.
> I would not emulate that "feature".
I do agree it's dangerous. I removed this "feature".

> > [...]
> > Eric Blake said:
> >> It's been brought up before, and the consensus has always been that if
> >> someone would write the patches, it would be worthwhile.  We do need
> >> support for a -0 or some other way to do NUL-terminated filtering,
> >> though.
> > which conflict with the idea that this feature is not really worth. I'm
> > a bit confused now ...
>
> Yes, I agreed with Eric that -0 was useful,
> but on consideration if not processing stdin,
> then I don't think it's of use.
OK.

I attached the patch. Feel free to comment.

BTW, dirname suffers the same limitation I propose to add the BSD
options support too to this command. What do you think?

Cheers,

Jérémy
From 71af85ab3b49f255d219abfa8066a64d8f0ffc13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=A9r=C3=A9my=20Compostella?= <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 20:00:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] basename: add BSD options support

* src/basename.c (perform_basename): New function that perform the
basename work on a STRING, remove a trailing SUFFIX and output the
result.
(main): Handle new options.
* doc/coreutils.texi (basename invocation): Mention new options.
* test/misc/basename: Add new options test cases.
* NEWS (New features): Mention it.
---
 NEWS                |    2 +
 doc/coreutils.texi  |   29 ++++++++++++-
 src/basename.c      |  110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 tests/misc/basename |    3 +
 4 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8006669..082c5ec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   split now accepts the --additional-suffix option, to append an
   additional static suffix to output file names.
 
+  basename now supports the -a and -s BSD options.
+
 ** Bug fixes
 
   mv now lets you move a symlink onto a same-inode destination file that
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 4a4cadb..d513c25 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -12422,6 +12422,7 @@ This section describes commands that manipulate file names.
 
 @example
 basename @var{name} [@var{suffix}]
+basename [@var{option}]... [@var{name}]...
 @end example
 
 If @var{suffix} is specified and is identical to the end of @var{name},
@@ -12445,8 +12446,26 @@ for everything except file names containing a trailing newline.
 result is @samp{//} on platforms where @var{//} is distinct from
 @var{/}, and @samp{/} on platforms where there is no difference.
 
-The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}.  @xref{Common
-options}.  Options must precede operands.
+The program accepts the following options.  Also see @ref{Common options}.
+Options must precede operands.
+
+@table @samp
+
+@item -a
+@itemx --multiple
+@opindex -a
+@opindex --multiple
+Treat every argument as a @var{name} as if @command{basename} were
+invoked with just one argument.
+
+@item -s @var{suffix}
+@itemx --sufix=@var{suffix}
+@opindex -s
+@opindex --suffix
+Remove a trailing @var{suffix}. If @samp{-s} is specified,
+@command{basename} acts as if @samp{-a} was specified too.
+
+@end table
 
 @exitstatus
 
@@ -12458,6 +12477,12 @@ basename /usr/bin/sort
 
 # Output "stdio".
 basename include/stdio.h .h
+
+# Output "stdio".
+basename -s .h include/stdio.h
+
+# Output "stdio" followed by "stdlib"
+basename -a -s .h include/stdio.h include/stdlib.h
 @end smallexample
 
 
diff --git a/src/basename.c b/src/basename.c
index daa2895..a1d28da 100644
--- a/src/basename.c
+++ b/src/basename.c
@@ -14,23 +14,12 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-/* Usage: basename name [suffix]
-   NAME is a file name; SUFFIX is a suffix to strip from it.
-
-   basename /usr/foo/lossage/functions.l
-   => functions.l
-   basename /usr/foo/lossage/functions.l .l
-   => functions
-   basename functions.lisp p
-   => functions.lis */
-
 #include <config.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "system.h"
-#include "long-options.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
@@ -39,6 +28,15 @@
 
 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
 
+static struct option const longopts[] =
+{
+  {"multiple", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
+  {"suffix", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
+  {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
+  {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
+  {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
+};
+
 void
 usage (int status)
 {
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ usage (int status)
     {
       printf (_("\
 Usage: %s NAME [SUFFIX]\n\
-  or:  %s OPTION\n\
+  or:  %s [OPTION]... [NAME]...\n\
 "),
               program_name, program_name);
       fputs (_("\
@@ -56,6 +54,12 @@ Print NAME with any leading directory components removed.\n\
 If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.\n\
 \n\
 "), stdout);
+
+      fputs (_("\
+  -a, --multiple  treat every argument as a NAME as if basename were\n\
+                  invoked with just one argument.\n\
+  -s, --suffix=SUFFIX  remove a trailing SUFFIX.\n\
+"), stdout);
       fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
       printf (_("\
@@ -63,15 +67,18 @@ If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.\n\
 Examples:\n\
   %s /usr/bin/sort       Output \"sort\".\n\
   %s include/stdio.h .h  Output \"stdio\".\n\
+  %s -s .h include/stdio.h  Output \"stdio\".\n\
+  %s -a -s .h include/stdio.h include/stdlib.h  Output \"stdio\" followed by\
+ \"stdlib\".\n\
 "),
-              program_name, program_name);
+              program_name, program_name, program_name, program_name);
       emit_ancillary_info ();
     }
   exit (status);
 }
 
 /* Remove SUFFIX from the end of NAME if it is there, unless NAME
-   consists entirely of SUFFIX. */
+   consists entirely of SUFFIX.  */
 
 static void
 remove_suffix (char *name, const char *suffix)
@@ -89,10 +96,33 @@ remove_suffix (char *name, const char *suffix)
     *np = '\0';
 }
 
+/* Perform the basename operation on STRING.  If SUFFIX is non-NULL, remove
+   the trailing suffix SUFFIX. Finally, output the result string.  */
+
+static void
+perform_basename (const char *string, const char *suffix)
+{
+  char *name = base_name (string);
+  strip_trailing_slashes (name);
+
+  /* Per POSIX, 'basename // /' must return '//' on platforms with
+     distinct //.  On platforms with drive letters, this generalizes
+     to making 'basename c: :' return 'c:'.  This rule is captured by
+     skipping suffix stripping if base_name returned an absolute path
+     or a drive letter (only possible if name is a file-system
+     root).  */
+  if (suffix && IS_RELATIVE_FILE_NAME (name) && ! FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name))
+    remove_suffix (name, suffix);
+
+  puts (name);
+  free (name);
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  char *name;
+  unsigned char multiple_names = 0;
+  const char *suffix = NULL;
 
   initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
   set_program_name (argv[0]);
@@ -102,10 +132,29 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   atexit (close_stdout);
 
-  parse_long_options (argc, argv, PROGRAM_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME, Version,
-                      usage, AUTHORS, (char const *) NULL);
-  if (getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", NULL, NULL) != -1)
-    usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
+  while (true)
+    {
+      int c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "as:", longopts, NULL);
+
+      if (c == -1)
+        break;
+
+      switch (c)
+        {
+        case 's':
+          suffix = optarg;
+
+        case 'a':
+          multiple_names = 1;
+          break;
+
+        case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
+        case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
+
+        default:
+          usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    }
 
   if (argc < optind + 1)
     {
@@ -113,27 +162,18 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-  if (optind + 2 < argc)
+  if (!multiple_names && optind + 2 < argc)
     {
       error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv[optind + 2]));
       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-  name = base_name (argv[optind]);
-  strip_trailing_slashes (name);
-
-  /* Per POSIX, 'basename // /' must return '//' on platforms with
-     distinct //.  On platforms with drive letters, this generalizes
-     to making 'basename c: :' return 'c:'.  This rule is captured by
-     skipping suffix stripping if base_name returned an absolute path
-     or a drive letter (only possible if name is a file-system
-     root).  */
-  if (argc == optind + 2 && IS_RELATIVE_FILE_NAME (name)
-      && ! FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name))
-    remove_suffix (name, argv[optind + 1]);
-
-  puts (name);
-  free (name);
+  if (multiple_names)
+    for (; optind < argc; optind++)
+      perform_basename (argv[optind], suffix);
+  else
+    perform_basename (argv[optind],
+                      optind + 2 == argc ? argv[optind + 1] : NULL);
 
   exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
diff --git a/tests/misc/basename b/tests/misc/basename
index fefe58c..5415ca9 100755
--- a/tests/misc/basename
+++ b/tests/misc/basename
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ my @Tests =
      ['h', qw(///),        {OUT => '/'}],
      ['i', qw(///a///),    {OUT => 'a'}],
      ['j', qw(''),         {OUT => ''}],
+     ['k', qw(aa a),       {OUT => 'a'}],
+     ['l', qw(-a a b),     {OUT => "a\nb"}],
+     ['m', qw(-s a aa ba ab),  {OUT => "a\nb\nab"}],
      ['1', qw(f.s .s),     {OUT => 'f'}],
      ['2', qw(fs s),       {OUT => 'f'}],
      ['3', qw(fs fs),      {OUT => 'fs'}],
-- 
1.7.2.5

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