what(C)                         19 June 1992                         what(C)


 Name

    what - identifies files

 Syntax

    what files

 Description

    The what command searches the given files for all occurrences of the pat-
    tern @(#) and prints out what follows until the first tilde (~),
    greater-than sign (>), new-line, backslash (\) or null character.  The
    SCCS command get(CP) substitutes this string as part of the @(#) string.

    For example, if the shell procedure in file print contains

       #  @(#)this is the print program
       #  @(#)syntax: print [files]
       pr $* | lpr

    then the command

       what print

    displays the name of the file print and the identifying strings in that
    file:

       print:
               this is the print program
               syntax: print [files]

    what is intended to be used with the get(CP) command, which automatically
    inserts identifying information, but it can also be used where the infor-
    mation is inserted manually.

 See also

    admin(CP), get(CP)

 Standards conformance

    what is conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2;
    and X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989.