On 01/13/2011 04:35 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote: > Eric wrote: >> basename -a -s suffix str1 str2: same (-a is only required for exactly >> two arguements, and is implied for 0 or for more than 2 args) > > basename -a -s .txt foo.txt bar.txt baz.txt > > So you're saying -a is redundant there? Sorry, I'm not > familiar with BSD's basename at all. Just looking to > implement what you want.
Yes, the -a is redundant the moment you have -s. (It helps that I have a login to a FreeBSD machine, and have been testing these cases as I type these mails). It is only required when you have exactly 2 arguments but don't want the second to be treated as a suffix. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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