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32.Dd December 14, 2006
33.Dt WHAT 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm what
37.Nd "show what versions of object modules were used to construct a file"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl qs
41.Op Ar
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility searches each specified
46.Ar file
47for sequences of the form
48.Dq Li @(#)
49as inserted by the
50.Tn SCCS
51source code control system.
52It prints the remainder
53of the string following this marker, up to a NUL character, newline, double
54quote,
55.Ql \&>
56character, or backslash.
57.Pp
58The following options are available:
59.Bl -tag -width indent
60.It Fl q
61Only output the match text, rather than formatting it.
62.It Fl s
63Stop searching each file after the first match.
64.El
65.Sh EXIT STATUS
66Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, otherwise 1.
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr ident 1 ,
69.Xr strings 1
70.Sh STANDARDS
71The
72.Nm
73utility conforms to
74.St -p1003.1-2001 .
75The
76.Fl q
77option is a non-standard
78.Fx
79extension which may not be available on other operating systems.
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83command appeared in
84.Bx 4.0 .
85.Sh BUGS
86This is a rewrite of the
87.Tn SCCS
88command of the same name,
89and behavior may not be identical.
90