GID(1)                                                             User Commands                                                            GID(1)

NAME

       gid - Query ID database and report results.

SYNOPSIS

       gid [OPTION]... PATTERN...

DESCRIPTION

       Query  ID database and report results.  By default, output consists of multiple lines, each line containing the matched identifier followed
       by the list of file names in which it occurs.

       -f, --file=FILE
              file name of ID database

       -i, --ignore-case
              match PATTERN case insensitively

       -l, --literal
              match PATTERN as a literal string

       -r, --regexp
              match PATTERN as a regular expression

       -w, --word
              match PATTERN as a delimited word

       -s, --substring
              match PATTERN as a substring

              Note: If PATTERN contains extended regular expression metacharacters, it is interpreted as a regular expression  substring.   Other-
              wise, PATTERN is interpreted as a literal word.

       -k, --key=STYLE
              STYLE is one of `token', `pattern' or `none'

       -R, --result=STYLE
              STYLE is one of `filenames', `grep', `edit' or `none'

       -S, --separator=STYLE
              STYLE is one of `braces', `space' or `newline' and only applies to file names when `--result=filenames'

              The above STYLE options control how query results are presented.  Defaults are --key=token --result=filenames --separator=space

       -F, --frequency=FREQ
              find tokens that occur FREQ times, where FREQ is a range expressed as `N..M'.  If N is omitted, it defaults to 1, if M is omitted it
              defaults to MAX_USHRT

       -a, --ambiguous=LEN
              find tokens whose names are ambiguous for LEN chars

       -x, --hex
              only find numbers expressed as hexadecimal

       -d, --decimal
              only find numbers expressed as decimal

       -o, --octal
              only find numbers expressed as octal

              By default, searches match numbers of any radix.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to bug-idutils@gnu.org

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for gid is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and gid programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

              info gid

       should give you access to the complete manual.

gid - 4.5                                                           August 2010                                                             GID(1)