bash-3.2$ svn co svn+ssh://source.eecs.berkeley.edu/chess/svntest 
A    svntest/README.txt
Checked out revision 7.
bash-3.2$ cd svntest
bash-3.2$ echo '$Id$' > testfile.txt
bash-3.2$ svn add testfile.txt
A         testfile.txt
bash-3.2$ svn commit -m "A test for svn keywords: testfile.txt " testfile.txt
Adding         testfile.txt
Transmitting file data .
Committed revision 8.
bash-3.2$ cat testfile.txt
$Id: testfile.txt 8 2009-03-05 01:27:44Z cxh $
bash-3.2$ svn proplist testfile.txt
Properties on 'testfile.txt':
  svn:keywords
  svn:eol-style