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NAME
     what - identify SCCS files

SYNOPSIS
     what [-s] files

DESCRIPTION
     what searches the given files for all occurrences of the
     pattern that get(1) 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

          char 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

     will print

     f.c:
                         identification information

     f.o:
                         identification information

     a.out:
                         identification information

     what is intended to be used in conjunction with the  command
     get(1), 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 pattern in each file.

SEE ALSO
     get(1).
     help(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, otherwise 1.  Use
     help(1) for explanations.

ERRORS
     It is possible that an unintended occurrence of the pattern
     @(#) could be found just by chance, but this causes no harm
     in nearly all cases.





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