WHAT(C)                  XENIX System V                   WHAT(C)



     Name
          what - Identifies files.

     Syntax
          what files

     Description
          what searches the given files for all occurrences of the
          pattern @(#) 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 information is inserted manually.

     See Also
          admin(CP), get(CP)



















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