WHAT(1) — HP-UX
NAME
what − identify files for SCCS information
SYNOPSIS
what [−s] file ...
DESCRIPTION
What searches the given files for all occurrences of the pattern that get(1) 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
char 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
will print
f.c: identification information
f.o: identification information
a.out: identification information
What is intended to be used in conjunction with the command get(1), 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.
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, otherwise 1. Use help(1) for explanations.
WARNINGS
It is possible that an unintended occurrence of the pattern @(#) could be found just by chance, but this causes no harm in nearly all cases.
SEE ALSO
SCCS User’s Guide, in HP-UX Concepts and Tutorials: Programming Environment.
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
8- and 16-bit data; 8-bit file names, messages.
Hewlett-Packard Company — May 11, 2021