WHAT (1)

NAME

what - extract SCCS version information from a file

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
See Also
Diagnostics
Notes

SYNOPSIS

what [-s] filename...

DESCRIPTION

The what utility searches each filename for occurrences of the pattern @(#) that the SCCS get command (see get(1)) substitutes for the @(#) ID keyword, and prints what follows up to a ", >, NEWLINE, \, or NULL character. For example, if a C program in file program.c contains

char sccsid[] = "@(#)identification information";

and program.c is compiled to yield program.o and a.out, the command:

$ what program.c program.o a.out

produces:

program.c: identification information
program.o: identification information
a.out: identification information

The following option is accepted:
-s Stops after the first occurrence of the pattern.
The following exit values are returned:
0 Any matches were found.
1 No matches found.

SEE ALSO

get(1), help(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

Use the SCCS help command for explanations (see help(1)).

NOTES

There is a remote possibility that a spurious occurrence of the '@(#)' pattern could be found by what.


Heirloom Development Tools WHAT (1) 2/1/07
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