what(1)what(1)Namewhat - display ID keywords from SCCS file
Syntaxwhat [-s] files
Description
The command searches the given files for all occurrences of the pattern
that substitutes for %Z% (this is @(#) at this printing) and prints out
what follows until the first ", >, new-line, \, or null character. For
example, if the C program in file f.c contains
char ident[] = "@(#)identification information";
and f.c is compiled to yield f.o and a.out, then the command
what f.c f.o a.out
will print
f.c:
identification information
f.o:
identification information
a.out:
identification information
Use in conjunction with the SCCS command which automatically inserts
identifying information, but information can also be inserted manually.
Restrictions
It is possible that an unintended occurrence of the pattern @(#) could
be found. This causes no harm in nearly all cases.
Diagnostics
Use for explanations.
Options-s Quit after finding the first occurrence of the pattern in the
file.
See Alsoget(1), sccshelp(1), sccs(1)
Guide to the Source Code Control System
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