what(1) USER COMMANDS what(1)
NAME
what - print identification strings
SYNOPSIS
what [-s] files
DESCRIPTION
what searches the given files for all occurrences of the
pattern that the get command 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
#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
prints
f.c:
identification information
f.o:
identification information
a.out:
identification information
what is intended to be used in conjunction with the get com-
mand, 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 pat-
tern in each file.
SEE ALSO
get(1), help(1), mcs(1).
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, otherwise 1. See
help(1) for explanations.
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