It can also strip off a given suffix, if it appears: $ basename a/b/c/d/foo.php .php foo The complement to basename is dirname: $ dirname a/b/c/d

It can also strip off a given suffix, if it appears: $ basename a/b/c/d/foo.php .php foo The complement to basename is dirname: $ dirname a/b/c/d/foo.php a/b/c/d