Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

ident

Synopsis

                  ident [option] [files]

Extract keyword/value symbols from files. files can be text files, object files, or dumps.

Options

-q

Suppress warning message when no keyword patterns are found.

-V

Print version information and exit.

Examples

If file prog.c is compiled, and it contains this line of code:

char rcsID[ ] = "$Author: daniel $";

then the following output is produced:

% ident prog.c prog.o
prog.c:
     $Author: daniel $
prog.o:
     $Author: daniel $

Show keywords for all RCS files (suppress warnings):

                  co -p RCS/*,v | ident -q