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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd July 25, 2015
28.Dt IDENT 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ident
32.Nd identify RCS keyword string in files
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl q
36.Op Fl V
37.Op Ar
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41utility searches for all instances of the pattern
42.Sq $keyword: text$
43in
44.Ar files .
45.Pp
46If no arguments are passed, then
47.Nm
48parses the standard input.
49.Pp
50.Em keyword
51must only be composed of alphanumeric values in the C locale, followed by
52.Sq \&:
53and a space.
54.Pp
55These options are supported:
56.Bl -tag -width "XXX"
57.It Fl q
58Quiet mode: suppress warnings if no pattern found.
59.It Fl V
60Do nothing, added for compatibility with GNU ident.
61.El
62.Sh EXIT STATUS
63.Ex -std ident
64.Sh AUTHORS
65This version of the
66.Nm
67utility was written by
68.An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@FreeBSD.org .
69