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ident(1)
Free Software Foundation
NAME
  ident - identify files

SYNOPSIS
  ident [-q] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
  ident searches for all occurrences of the pattern $keyword:...$ in the
  named files or, if no file name appears, the standard input.

  These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the RCS command
  co(1), but can also be inserted manually. The option -q suppresses the
  warning given if there are no patterns in a file.

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

       char rcsid[] = "$Id: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Walters Exp $";

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

       # ident	f.c  f.o

  will output

       f.c:
	 $Id: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Walters Exp $
       f.o:
	 $Id: ident.1,v 1.1.10.2 1999/08/13 19:58:10 Colin_Walters Exp $

IDENTIFICATION
  Author: Walter F. Tichy.
  Revision Number: 1.1.6.4; Release Date: 1993/12/20.
  Copyright  1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
  Copyright  1990 by Paul Eggert.

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

  Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control, Software--Practice &
  Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.

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