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diff --git a/examples/functions/basename b/examples/functions/basename new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a541349 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/functions/basename @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 11:22:36 edt +# From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu +# To: bfox@gnu.ai.mit.edu + +# A replacement for basename(1). Not all the systems I use have this +# program. Usage: basename [path] {extension} +function basename () +{ + local path="$1" + local suffix="$2" + local tpath="${path%/}" + + # Strip trailing '/' characters from path (unusual that this should + # ever occur, but basename(1) seems to deal with it.) + while [ "${tpath}" != "${path}" ]; do + tpath="${path}" + path="${tpath%/}" + done + + path="${path##*/}" # Strip off pathname + echo ${path%${suffix}} # Also strip off extension, if any. +} + |