IDENT(1)                        GNU(1992/04/10)                        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 1.1 1992/04/10 16:27:55 dcm 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 1.1 1992/04/10 16:27:55 dcm Exp $
            f.o:
                $Id: f.c,v 1.1 1992/04/10 16:27:55 dcm Exp $

IDENTIFICATION
      Author: Walter F. Tichy.
      Revision Number: 1.1; Release Date: 1992/04/10.
      Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
      Copyright © 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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