Using Linux Basename Command in Bash Scripts | Linux Today

Using Linux Basename Command in Bash Scripts

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Abhishek Prakash Chaturvedi
Oct 23, 2019

The basename command in Linux prints the final component in a file path. This is particularly helpful in bash scripts where you want to extract the file name from the long file path.

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Abhishek Prakash Chaturvedi

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