ident(1)ident(1)NAMEident - identify files
SYNOPSISident [-q] [file...]
DESCRIPTIONident searches for all occurrences of the pattern $keyword:...$ 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 patterns in a file.
ident works on text files as well as object files and dumps. For exam‐
ple, if the C program in f.c contains
char rcsid[] = "$Id: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Wal‐
ters Exp $";
and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command
# ident f.c f.o
will output
f.c:
$Id: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Walters Exp $ f.o:
$Id: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Walters Exp $
IDENTIFICATION
Author: Walter F. Tichy.
Revision Number: 1.1.6.4; Release Date: 1993/12/20.
Copyright � 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
Copyright � 1990 by Paul Eggert.
SEE ALSOci(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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