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method default.PlatformPath.basename

Usage in Deno

import type mod from "node:path";
PlatformPath.basename(
path: string,
suffix?: string,
): string

Return the last portion of a path. Similar to the Unix basename command. Often used to extract the file name from a fully qualified path.

Parameters

path: string

the path to evaluate.

optional
suffix: string

optionally, an extension to remove from the result.

Return Type

string

Throws

TypeError

if path is not a string or if ext is given and is not a string.