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10.TH IDENT 1 \*(Dt GNU
11.SH NAME
12ident \- identify files
13.SH SYNOPSIS
14.B ident
15[
16.B \-q
17] [
18.I file
19\&.\|.\|. ]
20.SH DESCRIPTION
21.B ident
22searches for all occurrences of the pattern
23.BI $ keyword : .\|.\|. $
24in the named files or, if no file name appears, the standard input.
25.PP
26These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the \*r command
27.BR co (1),
28but can also be inserted manually.
29The option
30.B \-q
31suppresses
32the warning given if there are no patterns in a file.
33.PP
34.B ident
35works on text files as well as object files and dumps.
36For example, if the C program in
37.B f.c
38contains
39.IP
40\f3char rcsid[] = \&"$\&Id: f.c,v \*(iD $\&";\fP
41.LP
42and
43.B f.c
44is compiled into
45.BR f.o ,
46then the command
47.IP
48.B "ident  f.c  f.o"
49.LP
50will output
51.nf
52.IP
53.ft 3
54f.c:
55    $\&Id: f.c,v \*(iD $
56f.o:
57    $\&Id: f.c,v \*(iD $
58.ft
59.fi
60.SH IDENTIFICATION
61Author: Walter F. Tichy.
62.br
63Revision Number: \*(Rv; Release Date: \*(Dt.
64.br
65Copyright \(co 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
66.br
67Copyright \(co 1990 by Paul Eggert.
68.SH "SEE ALSO"
69ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1),
70rcsfile(5)
71.br
72Walter F. Tichy,
73\*r\*-A System for Version Control,
74.I "Software\*-Practice & Experience"
75.BR 15 ,
767 (July 1985), 637-654.
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