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NAME
     ident - identify files

SYNOPSIS
     ident file ...

DESCRIPTION
     _I_d_e_n_t searches the named files for all occurrences of the
     pattern $_k_e_y_w_o_r_d:...$, where _k_e_y_w_o_r_d is one of

	     Author
	     Date
	     Header
	     Locker
	     Log
	     Revision
	     Source
	     State

     These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the
     RCS command _c_o (_1), but can also be inserted manually.

     _I_d_e_n_t works on text files as well as object files.  For
     example, if the C program in file f.c contains

	     char rcsid[] = "$Header:  Header information $";

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

	     ident  f.c  f.o

     will print

	     f.c:
		     $Header:  Header information $
	     f.o:
		     $Header:  Header information $


IDENTIFICATION
     Author: Walter F. Tichy, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
     IN, 47907.
     Revision Number: 3.0 ; Release Date: 82/12/04 .
     Copyright (C) 1982 by Walter F. Tichy.

SEE ALSO
     ci (1), co (1), rcs (1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro (1), rcsmerge
     (1), rlog (1), rcsfile (5).
     Walter F. Tichy, "Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of
     a Revision Control System," in _P_r_o_c_e_e_d_i_n_g_s _o_f _t_h_e _6_t_h _I_n_t_e_r_-
     _n_a_t_i_o_n_a_l _C_o_n_f_e_r_e_n_c_e _o_n _S_o_f_t_w_a_r_e _E_n_g_i_n_e_e_r_i_n_g, IEEE, Tokyo,
     Sept. 1982.



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