what(1) [freebsd man page]

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NAME

     what -- show what versions of object modules were used to construct a file

SYNOPSIS

     what [-qs] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The what utility searches each specified file for sequences of the form ``@(#)'' as inserted by the SCCS source code control system.  It
     prints the remainder of the string following this marker, up to a NUL character, newline, double quote, '>' character, or backslash.

     The following options are available:

     -q      Only output the match text, rather than formatting it.

     -s      Stop searching each file after the first match.

EXIT STATUS

     Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, otherwise 1.

SEE ALSO

     ident(1), strings(1)

STANDARDS

     The what utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').  The -q option is a non-standard FreeBSD extension which may not be avail-
     able on other operating systems.

HISTORY

     The what command appeared in 4.0BSD.

BUGS

     This is a rewrite of the SCCS command of the same name, and behavior may not be identical.

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