NAME
ident – identify RCS keyword string in files
SYNOPSIS
ident [-q] [-V] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The ident utility searches for all instances of the pattern ‘$keyword: text$’ in files.
If no arguments are passed, then ident parses the standard input.
keyword must only be composed of alphanumeric values in the C locale, followed by ‘:’ and a space.
These options are supported:
- -q, --quiet
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Quiet mode: suppress warnings if no pattern found.
- -V, --version
-
Do nothing, added for compatibility with GNU ident.
EXIT STATUS
The ident utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
History
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FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27) to FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE: the text shown here
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--quiet since FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE;
--version since FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE;
-V since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE;
-q since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE.
