1 # Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 11:22:36 edt
2 # From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
3 # To: bfox@gnu.ai.mit.edu
5 # A replacement for basename(1). Not all the systems I use have this
6 # program. Usage: basename [path] {extension}
11 local tpath="${path%/}"
13 # Strip trailing '/' characters from path (unusual that this should
14 # ever occur, but basename(1) seems to deal with it.)
15 while [ "${tpath}" != "${path}" ]; do
20 path="${path##*/}" # Strip off pathname
21 echo ${path%${suffix}} # Also strip off extension, if any.