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ident(1)
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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 1.1.8.2 1998/06/01 20:20:00 Sally_Gero 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 1.1.8.2 1998/06/01 20:20:00 Sally_Gero Exp $
       f.o:
	  $Id: ident.1,v 1.1.8.2 1998/06/01 20:20:00 Sally_Gero 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.