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.