NAME¶

aid - Query ID database and report results.

SYNOPSIS¶

aid [OPTION]... PATTERN...

DESCRIPTION¶

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

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to bug-idutils@gnu.org

SEE ALSO¶

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.