.TH BASENAME 1 sbase\-VERSION
.SH NAME
basename \- strip leading path component
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B basename
.RB [ \-a ]
.RB [ \-z ]
.RB [ \-s
.IR suffix ]
.I string
.RI [ suffix ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B basename
prints the
.I string
with any leading path components, and the
.IR suffix ,
removed.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-a
multiple arguments will each be treated as strings
.TP
.BI \-s " suffix"
specifies the suffix that should be removed
.TP
.BI \-z
output will be separated with NUL
.TP
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR dirname (1),
.IR basename (3)