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NAME
     what - print identification strings

SYNOPSIS
     what [-s] files

DESCRIPTION
     what searches the given files for all occurrences of the
     pattern that the aget 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.

INTERNATIONAL FUNCTIONALITY
     files can be specified using characters from supplementary
     code sets.

     Characters from supplementary code sets can be used for
     identification information following the keyword %Z%.

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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