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basename doesn't deal with multiple files:

NAME

basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames   

SYNOPSIS

  basename NAME [SUFFIX]    basename OPTION...NAME...

Unless the -a option is used (GNU Coreutils):

-a, --multiple
   support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

But that will fail in your command, since basename -a will return the arguments with new lines

basename "$@"
foo.pdf
bar.pdf

Which breaks the rm command since the arguments passes are separated by new lines.

This code apparently solves the problem

rm $(echo $(basename -a "$@"))

but I'm not so sure of its validity.

Yo can then loop over the arguments:

for i in "$@"; do 
  echo "rm -f /tmp/$(basename "$i")"
  rm -f "/tmp/$(basename "$i")"
done

To deal with names with spaces, they must be properly escaped when passed to the script:

$ script.sh "foo bar.pdf"

Or

$ script.sh foo\ bar.pdf

basename doesn't deal with multiple files:

NAME

basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames   

SYNOPSIS

  basename NAME [SUFFIX]    basename OPTION...NAME...

Unless the -a option is used (GNU Coreutils):

-a, --multiple
   support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

But it would break if the filenames have newlines.

And will fail in your command, since basename -a will return the arguments with new lines

basename "$@"
foo.pdf
bar.pdf

Which breaks the rm command since the arguments passes are separated by new lines.

This code apparently solves the problem

rm $(echo "$(basename -a "$@")")

but I'm not so sure of its validity.

Yo can then loop over the arguments:

for i in "$@"; do 
  echo "rm -f /tmp/$(basename "$i")"
  rm -f "/tmp/$(basename "$i")"
done

To deal with names with spaces, they must be properly escaped when passed to the script:

$ script.sh "foo bar.pdf"

Or

$ script.sh foo\ bar.pdf

basename doesn't deal with multiple files:

NAME

basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames   

SYNOPSIS

  basename NAME [SUFFIX]    basename OPTION...NAME...

Unless the -a option is used (GNU Coreutils):

-a, --multiple
   support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

But that will fail in your command, since basename -a would break if the filenames have newlines.

Yo can then loop over the arguments:

for i in "$@"; do 
  echo "rm -f /tmp/$(basename "$i")"
  rm -f "/tmp/$(basename "$i")"
done

To deal with names with spaces, they must be properly escaped when passed to the script:

$ script.sh "foo bar.pdf"

Or

$ script.sh foo\ bar.pdf

basename doesn't deal with multiple files:

NAME

basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames   

SYNOPSIS

  basename NAME [SUFFIX]    basename OPTION...NAME...

Unless the -a option is used (GNU Coreutils):

-a, --multiple
   support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

But that will fail in your command, since basename -a will return the arguments with new lines

basename "$@"
foo.pdf
bar.pdf

Which breaks the rm command since the arguments passes are separated by new lines.

This code apparently solves the problem

rm $(echo $(basename -a "$@"))

but I'm not so sure of its validity.

Yo can then loop over the arguments:

for i in "$@"; do 
  echo "rm -f /tmp/$(basename "$i")"
  rm -f "/tmp/$(basename "$i")"
done

To deal with names with spaces, they must be properly escaped when passed to the script:

$ script.sh "foo bar.pdf"

Or

$ script.sh foo\ bar.pdf

basename doesn't deal with multiple files:

NAME

basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames   

SYNOPSIS

  basename NAME [SUFFIX]    basename OPTION...NAME...

Unless the -a option is used (GNU Coreutils):

-a, --multiple
   support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

But that will fail in your command.

Yo can then loop over the arguments:

for i in "$@"; do 
  echo "rm -f /tmp/$(basename "$i")"
  rm -f "/tmp/$(basename "$i")"
done

To deal with names with spaces, they must be properly escaped when passed to the script:

$ script.sh "foo bar.pdf"

Or

$ script.sh foo\ bar.pdf

basename doesn't deal with multiple files:

NAME

basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames   

SYNOPSIS

  basename NAME [SUFFIX]    basename OPTION...NAME...

Unless the -a option is used (GNU Coreutils):

-a, --multiple
   support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME

But that will fail in your command, since basename -a would break if the filenames have newlines.

Yo can then loop over the arguments:

for i in "$@"; do 
  echo "rm -f /tmp/$(basename "$i")"
  rm -f "/tmp/$(basename "$i")"
done

To deal with names with spaces, they must be properly escaped when passed to the script:

$ script.sh "foo bar.pdf"

Or

$ script.sh foo\ bar.pdf