what

PURPOSE

     Displays identifying information in files.

SYNOPSIS
     what [-s] files


DESCRIPTION

     The what command searches the  named files for all occur-
     rences of  the pattern that  get substitutes for  the %Z%
     keyletter  (see "Identification  Keywords").  By  conven-
     tion, the value substituted is "@(#)".

     what  writes  to  standard output  whatever  follows  the
     pattern up to  but not including the  first double quota-
     tion mark ("""), greater  than symbol (>), new-line char-
     acter , backslash (\), or null character.

     The what command is intended  for use in conjunction with
     the get command, which  automatically inserts the identi-
     fying information.  You can also  use what on files where
     the information is inserted manually.

FLAGS

     -s Searches for only the first occurrence of "@(#)".

EXAMPLES

     Suppose that the file "test.c"  contains a C program that
     includes the line:

       char ident[ ] = "@(#)Test Program";

     If you compile "test.c"  to produce "test.o" and "a.out",
     then the command:

       what test.c test.o a.out

     displays:

       test.c:
               Test Program
       test.o:
               Test Program
       a.out:
               Test Program

RELATED INFORMATION

     The following commands:   "get," and "help."

     The sccsfile file in  AIX Operating System Technical Ref-
     erence.

     The discussion  of SCCS in AIX  Operating System Program-
     ming Tools and Interfaces.