* NAME

   ident - identify files

* SYNOPSIS

   ident file ...

* DESCRIPTION

   Ident searches the named files for all occurrences of the pattern
   $keyword:...$, where keyword is one of:

      Author
      Date
      Header
      Locker
      Log
      Revision
      Source
      State

   These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the RCS command co(1),
   but can also be inserted manually.

   Ident works on text files as well as object files.  For example, if the C
   program in file f.c contains:

      char rcsid[] = "$Header:  Header information $";

   - and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command:

      ident  f.c  f.o

   will print:

      f.c:
         $Header:  Header information $
      f.o:
         $Header:  Header information $

* SEE ALSO

   ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1),
   rcsfile(5).