


IaDENT(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   IDENT(1)
 


NAME
     ident - identify files

SYNOPSIS
     ident [ -q ] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
     ident searches for all  occurrences  of  the  pattern  $key-
     word:...$  in  the  named files or, if no file name appears,
     the standard input.

     These patterns are normally inserted  automatically  by  the
     RCS  command  co(1), but can also be inserted manually.  The
     option -q suppresses the warning given if there are no  pat-
     terns in a file.

     ident works on text files as well as object files and dumps.
     For example, if the C program in f.c contains

          char rcsid[] =  "$Id:  f.c,v  5.0  1990/08/22  09:09:36
          eggert Exp $";

     and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command

          ident  f.c  f.o

     will output

          f.c:
              $Id: f.c,v 5.0 1990/08/22 09:09:36 eggert Exp $
          f.o:
              $Id: f.c,v 5.0 1990/08/22 09:09:36 eggert Exp $

IDENTIFICATION
     Author: Walter F. Tichy.
     Revision Number: 5.0; Release Date: 1990/08/22.
     Copyright 8c9 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
     Copyright 8c9 1990 by Paul Eggert.

SEE ALSO
     ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1),  rcsmerge(1),
     rlog(1), rcsfile(5)
     Walter  F.  Tichy,  RCS--A  System  for   Version   Control,
     Software--Practice & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.











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