aid - Query ID database and report results.
aid [
OPTION]...
PATTERN...
Query ID database and report results. By default, output consists of multiple
lines, each line containing the matched identifier followed by the list of
file names in which it occurs.
-
-f, --file=FILE
- file name of ID database
-
-i, --ignore-case
- match PATTERN case insensitively
-
-l, --literal
- match PATTERN as a literal string
-
-r, --regexp
- match PATTERN as a regular expression
-
-w, --word
- match PATTERN as a delimited word
-
-s, --substring
- match PATTERN as a substring
- Note: If PATTERN contains extended regular expression
metacharacters, it is interpreted as a regular expression substring.
Otherwise, PATTERN is interpreted as a literal word.
-
-k, --key=STYLE
- STYLE is one of `token', `pattern' or `none'
-
-R, --result=STYLE
- STYLE is one of `filenames', `grep', `edit' or `none'
-
-S, --separator=STYLE
- STYLE is one of `braces', `space' or `newline' and only
applies to file names when `--result=filenames'
- The above STYLE options control how query results are
presented. Defaults are --key=token
--result=filenames --separator=space
-
-F, --frequency=FREQ
- find tokens that occur FREQ times, where FREQ is a range
expressed as `N..M'. If N is omitted, it defaults to 1, if M is omitted it
defaults to MAX_USHRT
-
-a, --ambiguous=LEN
- find tokens whose names are ambiguous for LEN chars
-
-x, --hex
- only find numbers expressed as hexadecimal
-
-d, --decimal
- only find numbers expressed as decimal
-
-o, --octal
- only find numbers expressed as octal
- By default, searches match numbers of any radix.
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
Report bugs to
[email protected]
The full documentation for
aid is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info and
aid programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info aid
should give you access to the complete manual.