LID(1)
NAME
lid - Query ID database and report results
SYNOPSIS
lid [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 the id-utils package is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and id-utils packages are properly installed,
the command
- info 'ID database'
- should give you access to the complete manual.