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33.Dd June 6, 1993
34.Dt WHAT 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm what
38.Nd "show what versions of object modules were used to construct a file"
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl s
42.Ar file Ar ...
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility searches each specified
47.Ar file
48for sequences of the form
49.Dq \&@(#)
50as inserted by the source code control system.  It prints the remainder
51of the string following this marker, up to a NUL character, newline, double
52quote,
53.Dq \&>
54character, or backslash.
55.Pp
56The following option is available:
57.Bl -tag -width Ds
58.It Fl s
59Stop searching each file after the first match.
60.El
61.Pp
62Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, otherwise 1.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr ident 1 ,
65.Xr strings 1
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Nm
69command appeared in
70.Bx 4.0 .
71.Sh BUGS
72This is a rewrite of the
73.Tn SCCS
74command of the same name,
75and behavior may not be identical.
76