ident(1)                                                           ident(1)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      ident - identify files in RCS

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      ident file ...

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      ident searches the named files for all occurrences of the pattern
      $keyword:...$, where keyword is one of the following:

           Author              Log
           Date                Revision
           Header              Source
           Locker              State

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

      ident works on text files as well as object files.  For example, if
      the C program in file f.c contains:

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

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

           ident f.c f.o

      prints:

           f.c:
                $Header: Header information $

           f.o:
                $Header: Header information $

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      ident was developed by Walter F. Tichy.

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(5), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1),
      rcsfile(4).


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