ident(1)                       DG/UX R4.11MU05                      ident(1)


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.
       Note that there must be at least one space both after the colon and
       before the ending $ in the pattern.

       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: f.c,v 1997/10/18 08:41:56 sacadm Exp  $";

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

              ident  f.c  f.o

       will output

              f.c:
                  $Id: f.c,v 1997/10/18 08:41:56 sacadm Exp  $
              f.o:
                  $Id: f.c,v 1997/10/18 08:41:56 sacadm Exp  $

IDENTIFICATION
       Author: Walter F. Tichy.
       Revision Number: 1997/10/18; Release Date: 08:41:56.
       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),
       what(1), rcsfile(4)
       Walter F. Tichy, RCS--A System for Version Control, Software­
       --Practice & Experience 15, 7 (July 1985), 637-654.


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