.\" $Header: ident.1,v 4.2 86/04/29 10:23:47 bob Exp $
.TH IDENT 1 "" " "
.SH NAME
ident \- identify files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ident
file ... 
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ident
searches the named files for all occurrences of the pattern
\fI$keyword:...$\fR, where \fIkeyword\fR is one of
.nf

        Author
        Date
        Header
        Locker
        Log
        Revision
        Source
        State

.fi
These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the RCS command \fIco(1)\fR,
but can also be inserted manually.
.PP
\fIIdent\fR works on text files as well as object files.
For example, if the C program in file f.c contains
.nf

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

.fi
and f.c is compiled into f.o, then the command
.nf

        ident  f.c  f.o

will print

        f.c:
                $\&Header:  Header information $
        f.o:
                $\&Header:  Header information $
.SH SEE ALSO
ci(1), co(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(5).