ident(1)                            CLIX                            ident(1)



  NAME

    ident - Identifies files

  SYNOPSIS

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

  FLAGS

    -q   Suppresses the warning given if no patterns are found in a file.

  DESCRIPTION

    The ident command searches the named files or, if no filename appears,
    stdin for all occurrences of an RCS identifying pattern from among the
    following:

    Author
    Date
    Header
    Id
    Locker
    Log
    Revision
    RCSfile
    Source
    State

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

    The ident command works on text files, object files, and dumps.

  EXAMPLES

    If the C program in file f.c contains

    char rcsid[] = "$Header: /doc/src/prog.ref/commands/RCS/ident,v
    1.1 90/07/19 10:28:42 crooks Exp $";

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

    ident f.c f.o

    will display

    f.c:
         $Header: /doc/src/prog.ref/commands/RCS/ident,v 1.1
         90/07/19 10:28:42 crooks Exp $



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  ident(1)                            CLIX                            ident(1)



    f.o:
         $Header: /doc/src/prog.ref/commands/RCS/ident,v 1.1
         90/07/19 10:28:42 crooks Exp $


  DIAGNOSTICS

    ident warning: no id keywords in input
           The specified file has no RCS identification information.

    ident error: can't open filename
           The specified file cannot be opened for a read.

  EXIT VALUES

    The ident command exits with a 0 if successful.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsmerge(1),
    rlog(1)

    Files: rcsfile(4)































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