what(1) [netbsd man page]

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NAME

     what -- search files for SCCS identifiers

SYNOPSIS

     what [-s] file ...

DESCRIPTION

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

     If the -s option is specified, only the first occurrence of an identification string in each file is printed.

EXIT STATUS

     The what utility exits 0 if any matches were found, and 1 otherwise.

STANDARDS

     The what utility conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'').

HISTORY

     The what command appeared in 4.0BSD.

BUGS

     As BSD is not licensed to distribute SCCS this is a rewrite of the what command which is part of SCCS, and may not behave exactly the same as
     that command does.

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								 February 22, 1999							       BSD