IDENT(1)                                                 IDENT(1)


NAME
       ident - identify files

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

DESCRIPTION
       ident   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 example, if the C program in f.c contains

              char  rcsid[] = "$Id: f.c,v 1.2 1992/01/04 19:04:25
              kolstad 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 1.2 1992/01/04 19:04:25 kolstad Exp $
              f.o:
                  $Id: f.c,v 1.2 1992/01/04 19:04:25 kolstad Exp $

IDENTIFICATION
       Author: Walter F. Tichy.
       Revision Number: 1.2; Release Date: 1992/01/04.
       Copyright (C) 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
       Copyright (C) 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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