kdb-basename(1) -- Get the basename of a key name

SYNOPSIS

kdb basename <key name>

Where key name is the name of the key.

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to retrieve the basename of a key.

RETURN VALUES

This command will return the following values as an exit status:

0: No errors.
7: invalid key name passed, see kdb(1) for a list of return codes used by kdb.

OPTIONS

-n, --no-newline: Suppress the newline at the end of the output.

EXAMPLES

kdb basename user:/key/subkey
#> subkey

kdb basename user:/key/subkey/
#> subkey

kdb basename /
#>

SEE ALSO

See kdb-namespace(1) and kdb-dirname(1) for other namepart extraction operations.
The Unix analogue [BASENAME(1)].
To get keys in shell scripts, you can use kdb-sget(1).
elektra-key-names(7) for an explanation of key names.