what(1)       UNIX System V(Source Code Control System Utilities)       what(1)


NAME
      what - print identification strings

SYNOPSIS
      what [-s] files

DESCRIPTION
      what searches the given files for all occurrences of the pattern that the
      get command substitutes for %Z% (this is @(#) at this printing) and
      prints out what follows until the first ", >, new-line, \, or null
      character.  For example, if the C program in file f.c contains

            #ident "@(#)identification information"

      and f.c is compiled to yield f.o and a.out, then the command

            what f.c f.o a.out

      prints

            f.c:
                    identification information

            f.o:
                    identification information

            a.out:
                    identification information

      what is intended to be used in conjunction with the get command, which
      automatically inserts identifying information, but it can also be used
      where the information is inserted manually.  Only one option exists:

            -s      Quit after finding the first occurrence of pattern in each
                    file.

SEE ALSO
      get(1), help(1), mcs(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
      Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, otherwise 1.  See help(1) for
      explanations.












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