The annotate Command

The annotate command displays the revision number, time, and the name of end users modifying the files. Every line displayed corresponds to a single revised line. This command does not alter the files in the repository. For example, to view the information of the new.txt file, the syntax is:

$ cvs annotate –l new.txt

Example

cvsuser@ubuntu-a:~/test/perlproject$ cvs annotate -l a.txt

Annotations for a.txt
***************
1.2          (cvsuser 02-Mar-09): first line
1.3          (cvsuser 02-Mar-09): another change
1.4          (cvsuser 02-Mar-09): final one this time
cvsuser@ubuntu-a:~/test/perlproject$