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Check out RCS revisions (retrieve working files from the Revision Control System). See also: `ci`, `rcs`, `rcsdiff`, `rlog`.

Examples (5)

Check out the latest revision of a file (retrieves a read-only copy)

co path/to/file

Check out a file with a lock for editing

co -l path/to/file

Check out a specific revision of a file

co -rrevision path/to/file

Check out a file and overwrite it if it already exists

co -f -l path/to/file

Print a specific revision to `stdout` without creating a file

co -p -rrevision path/to/file