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Man Page: what

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WHAT(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   WHAT(1)

NAME
what -- show what versions of object modules were used to construct a file
SYNOPSIS
what name ...
DESCRIPTION
what reads each file name 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, or ``> character.''
BUGS
As BSD is not licensed to distribute SCCS. This is a rewrite of the what command which is part of SCCS; it may not behave in exactly the same manner as that command does.
HISTORY
The what command appeared in 4.0BSD. 4th Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 4th Berkeley Distribution
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