


      WHAT(1)                     (UNIX 5.0)                    WHAT(1)



      NAME
           what - identify SCCS files

      SYNTAX
           what files

      DESCRIPTION
           What searches the given files for all occurrences of the
           pattern that get(1) substitutes for %Z% (this is @(#) at
           this printing) and prints out what follows until the first
           ", >, new-line, \, or null character.  For example, if the C
           program in file f.c contains

                char ident[] = "@(#)identification information";

           and f.c is compiled to yield f.o and a.out, then the command

                what f.c f.o a.out

           will print

                f.c:
                        identification information

                f.o:
                        identification information

                a.out:
                        identification information

           What is intended to be used in conjunction with the  command
           get(1), which automatically inserts identifying information,
           but it can also be used where the information is inserted
           manually.

      SEE ALSO
           get(1), help(1).

      DIAGNOSTICS
           Use help(1) for explanations.

      BUGS
           It's possible that an unintended occurrence of the pattern
           @(#) could be found just by chance, but this causes no harm
           in nearly all cases.










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