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>NAME</a></h1>
<p>what - extract version information from a file</p>
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>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p>what [ <code lang='und' xml:lang='und'>-s</code> ] filename ...</p>
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>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p>what searches each filename for occurrences of the pattern <b>@</b>(#) that the SCCS get command substitutes for the %Z% ID keyword,
and prints what follows up to a ", >,
NEWLINE,
\,
or null character.
What can be used on any type of file,
NOT just SCCS files.
Just put the magic 4 character <b>@</b>(#) pattern in your file and you are set.</p>
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>OPTIONS</a></h2>
<p><b>-</b><b>s</b> Stop after the first occurrence of the pattern.</p>
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>ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
<p>The working of <b>what</b> is not influenced by any environment variables.</p>
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>EXAMPLES</a></h1>
<p>If a Perl program test1.pl contains:</p>
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'> my $REV = '@(# ) $Revision: 1.3 ...</pre>
<p>and a C program test2.c contains:</p>
<pre lang='und' xml:lang='und'> char rcsid[] = "@(# ) $Revision: 1.15 ....</pre>
<p>and the C program is compiled to a.out...</p>
<p>The command:</p>
<p>prompt%> what test1.pl test2.c a.out</p>
<p>produces:</p>
<p><b>test1.pl:</b> <b>$Revision</b><b>: 1.3 $';</b></p>
<p><b>test2.c:</b> <b>$Revision</b><b>: 1.15 $";</b></p>
<p><b>a.out;</b> <b>$Revision</b><b>: 1.15 $</b></p>
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>BUGS</a></h1>
<p><b>what</b> has no known bugs.</p>
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>REVISION HISTORY</a></h1>
<p>$Log: what.schumacks.html,v $
<p>Revision 1.3 2004/08/05 14:24:31 cwest
<p>cleanup, new version number on website
<p> Revision 1.1 2004/07/23 20:10:21 cwest initial import Revision 1.2 1999/03/28 06:28:47 schumacks Handles binary files better</p>
<p>Revision 1.1 1999/03/23 10:57:39 schumacks Initial revision</p>
<p>$Revision: 1.3 $</p>
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>AUTHOR</a></h1>
<p>This Perl implementation of <b>what</b> was written by Ken Schumack schumacks@att.net</p>
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name="COPYRIGHT_and_LICENSE"
>COPYRIGHT and LICENSE</a></h1>
<p>This program is copyright by Ken Schumack 1999.</p>
<p>This program is free and open software. You may use, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others from doing the same.</p>
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