[lug] simple script

[rotering at animalcules.com]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:55:54PM -0400, Taz wrote:

> Forgive the ignorance, but is the word "basename" a keyword or filename
> delimiter?

It's a command that strips the directory and (optionally) suffix from
a filename.

I think Ken Weinert's solution is the much more elegant, though.