Editing Basename (section)

{{Short description|Shell command for extracting the last name from a path}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = basename
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = 
| screenshot size        = 
| caption                = 
| developer              = 
| released               = {{Start date and age|1979|1}}
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = 
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Unix]], [[Unix-like]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]]
| platform               = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre                  = [[Command (computing)|Command]]
| license                = [[coreutils]]: [[GPLv3+]]<br />Plan 9: [[MIT License]]
| website                = 
}}
'''<code>basename</code>''' is a [[shell (computing)|shell]] [[command (computing)|command]] for extracting the last name of a [[file path]].

The command was introduced in [[X/Open]] Portability Guidelines issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of [[POSIX]] and the [[Single Unix Specification]].<ref>{{man|cu|basename|SUS}}</ref> It first appeared in 4.4BSD.<ref>{{man|1|basename|FreeBSD}}</ref> The version in [[GNU Core Utilities]] was written by David MacKenzie.<ref>{{man|1|basename|Linux}}</ref> The command is available for [[Windows]] as part of the [[GnuWin32]] project<ref>[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm CoreUtils for Windows]</ref> and [[UnxUtils]].<ref>[http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities]</ref>