Re: crazy question (want to locate a particular function from all object files)

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• Subject: Re: crazy question (want to locate a particular function from all object files)
• From: Mike Klinke <lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:20:53 -0600
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On Wednesday 01 March 2006 17:06, Globe Trotter wrote:
> Is there a way to list all object files on my machine, and then
> to locate all matches to a particular function?

Just taking a stab at what you mean.  How about:

man -k <function>

or 

man -K <function>

for executable "objects".


How about:

grep -r <function> *

for most any "object" which contains the text string <function>  
(This is a recursive directory search).

Regards, Mike Klinke

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