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NAME
     ident - identify files

SYNOPSIS
     ident [ -k list ] [ -n number ] filename ...

DESCRIPTION
     Ident searches the named files for all occurrences of the
     pattern $keyword:...$, where keyword is one of

     Author
     Date
     Header
     Locker
     Log
     Revision
     Source
     State

     These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the
     RCS command co(1rcs), but can also be inserted manually.

     Ident works on text files as well as object files.

OPTIONS
     -k list
         Search only for the keywords in list. The keywords in
         list must be separated by commas.

     -n number
         Stop searching the input file when number keywords have
         been found.

EXAMPLES
     If the C program in file f.c contains



          char rcsid[] = "$Header: Header information $";


     and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command



          ident f.c f.o


     will print






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          f.c:
               $Header: Header information $

          f.o:
               $Header: Header information $


RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_WARN]      An error warranting a warning message
                    occurred. Execution continues.

     [P_WARN]       A system error occurred. Execution continues.
                    See intro(2) for more information on system
                    errors.

CAVEATS
     The maximum number of revisions that can be stored in a
     single RCS file is 719. When there are more than 700
     revisions in a file, a warning message is printed on the
     terminal (if possible) every time an RCS command works on
     the file. See the manual page for rcsfile(5rcs) for
     information on what action to take in this case.

SEE ALSO
     ci(1rcs), co(1rcs), rlog(1rcs), rcs(1rcs), rcsdiff(1rcs),
     rcsintro(1rcs), rcsmerge(1rcs), rcsfile(5rcs).
























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%%index%%
na:72,58;
sy:130,198;
de:328,574;
op:902,344;
ex:1246,263;1653,123;
rv:1776,508;
ca:2284,428;
se:2712,333;
%%index%%000000000140