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ident — Identify RCS keyword strings in files. See also: `ci`, `co`, `rcs`, `rcsdiff`, `rlog`. More informat

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Problem

How to use the ident command: Identify RCS keyword strings in files. See also: ci, co, rcs, rcsdiff, rlog. More information: <https://manned.org/ident>.

Solution

ident — Identify RCS keyword strings in files. See also: ci, co, rcs, rcsdiff, rlog. More information: <https://manned.org/ident>.

Display RCS identification strings in a file:

ident {{path/to/file}}

Display RCS identification strings, suppressing warnings if no patterns are found:

ident -q {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Display RCS identification strings from stdin:

cat {{path/to/file}} | ident

Code Snippets

Display RCS identification strings in a file

ident {{path/to/file}}

Display RCS identification strings, suppressing warnings if no patterns are found

ident -q {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Display RCS identification strings from `stdin`

cat {{path/to/file}} | ident

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tldr-pages: common/ident

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