.TH BASENAME 1 
.SH NAME
basename \- strip file name affixes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B basename
.I string
[
.I suffix
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Basename
deletes any prefix ending in 
.L /
and the
.I suffix,
if present in
.I string,
from
.I string,
and prints the result on the standard output.
