Re: simple problem

[Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verheyen@sjki.be>]

Paul Akkermans wrote:

> Hi group,
>  
> I am trying to find a specific function/procedure in the kernel 2.6.7 
> kernel source. But the problem is that there are so many files I have 
> to search through that it could take hours to find this procedure. 
> Isn't there an easier way to do this with some sort of application? 
> Can anybody help me?
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Paul Akkermans

You could use grep to do this.
For instance if you wanted to search for printf, sprintf and the likes 
in the kernel source dir:
grep "printf" -R /usr/src/linux where -R means to recursivly go through 
the subdirectories.

Regards,
Benedict