Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

ident

Synopsis

ident [options] [files]

Extract keyword/value symbols from files. files can be text files, object files, or dumps. ident accepts the standard option -V.

Options

-q

Suppress warning message when no keyword patterns are found.

-V

Print the version number of ident.

Examples

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

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

the following output is produced:

    $ ident prog.c prog.o
    prog.c:
         $Author: arnold $
    prog.o:
         $Author: arnold $

Show keywords for all RCS files (suppress warnings):

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