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