ident(1)

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ident − identify files in RCS

ident file ...

ident searches the named files for all occurrences of the pattern $keyword:...$, where keyword is one of the following:

Author Log

Date Revision

Header Source

Locker State

These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the RCS co command, but can also be inserted manually (see co(1)).

ident works on text files as well as object files. For example, if the C program in file f.c contains:

char rcsid[] = "$Header: Header information $" ;

and f.c is compiled into f.o, the command:

ident f.c f.o

prints:

f.c:
$Header: Header information $

f.o:
$Header: Header information $

ident was developed by Walter F. Tichy.