


IDENT(1)	    Printed December 19, 1991		 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.

     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 5.0 1990/08/22 09:09:36
	  eggert 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 5.0 1990/08/22	09:09:36 eggert	Exp $
	  f.o:
	      $Id: f.c,v 5.0 1990/08/22	09:09:36 eggert	Exp $

IDENTIFICATION
     Author: Walter F. Tichy.
     Revision Number: 5.0; Release Date: 1990/08/22.
     Copyright O 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
     Copyright O 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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