ident(1) — Commands
Free Software Foundation
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: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Walters 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.
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.