(rcs.info)ident

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Enter node , (file) or (file)node

2.4 Invoking ident
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     ident [options] [file …]

If no FILE is specified, scan standard input.  The ident command scans
its input for keywords (Note: Concepts), displaying to standard output
what it finds.

‘-q’
     Normally, if no patterns are found for a file, ident emits a
     warning.  This option suppresses the warning.

‘-V’
     Note that ‘-VN’ is _not_ a valid option for ident, in contrast to
     most other RCS commands (Note: Misc common options).

   In addition to the normal keyword pattern, for Subversion 1.2 (and
later) compatibility(1), ident also recognizes patterns having one of
the forms:

     $KEYWORD:: TEXT $
     ;; two colons and space after keyword
     ;; space before ending $

     $KEYWORD:: TEXT#$
     ;; two colons and space after keyword
     ;; hash before ending $

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) The "fixed-length keyword syntax" is described in detail in
Version Control with Subversion, chapter “Advanced Topics”, section
“Keyword Substitution”.