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| Chapter 17 The SCCS Utility |

## what

    what [option] files

Search `files` for the pattern @(#) and print the text that follows it. Actually, the pattern searched for is the value of %Z%, but the get command expands this keyword to @(#). The main purpose of what is to print identification strings.

### Option

-s

  Quit after finding the first occurrence of a pattern.

Reference: val |  | 17.5 Alphabetical Summary of SCCS Commands