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what - display ID keywords from SCCS file
Syntax
what [-s] files
Description
The command searches the given files for all occurrences of the pattern that substitutes for %Z% (this is @(#) at this printing) and prints
out what follows until the first ", >, new-line, , or null character. For example, if the C program in file f.c contains
char ident[] = "@(#)identification information";
and f.c is compiled to yield f.o and a.out, then the command
what f.c f.o a.out
will print
f.c:
identification information
f.o:
identification information
a.out:
identification information
Use in conjunction with the SCCS command which automatically inserts identifying information, but information can also be inserted manu-
ally.
Restrictions
It is possible that an unintended occurrence of the pattern @(#) could be found. This causes no harm in nearly all cases.
Diagnostics
Use for explanations.
Options-s Quit after finding the first occurrence of the pattern in the file.
See Alsoget(1), sccshelp(1), sccs(1)
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what(1) General Commands Manual what(1)NAME
what - get SCCS identification information
SYNOPSIS
file ...
DESCRIPTION
The command searches the given files for all occurrences of the pattern that get(1) substitutes for (currently @(#) at this printing) and
prints out what follows until the first ", new-line, or null character. For example, if the C program in file contains
and is compiled to yield and the command
prints
identification information
identification information
identification information
is intended to be used in conjunction with the SCCS command (see get(1)) which automatically inserts identifying information, but it can
also be used where the information is inserted manually.
Options
recognizes the following option:
Quit after finding the first occurrence of pattern in each file.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
determines the interpretation of the pattern substituted for as single- and/or multi-byte characters.
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If or is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each unspecified or empty
variable. If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of If any internationalization
variable contains an invalid setting, behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See environ(5).
International Code Set Support
Single-byte and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, otherwise 1. Use for explanations (see sccshelp(1)).
WARNINGS
The pattern @(#) may occasionally appear unintentionally in random files, but this causes no harm in nearly all cases.
SEE ALSO get(1), sccshelp(1).
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