typedef struct example_struct_name{
int i;
char j;
...
...
...
...
} EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME;


I need to search al such structs based on three strings : (1)
typedef , (2) struct , (3) EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME

I atleast want to know all the files in the project which contain
such structs.

can anyone me with how to find such file using grep ??

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:55:21 -0700, onkar
<onkar.n.m@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> typedef struct example_struct_name{
> int i;
> char j;
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> } EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME;
>
>
> I need to search al such structs based on three strings : (1)
> typedef , (2) struct , (3) EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME
>
> I atleast want to know all the files in the project which contain
> such structs.
>
> can anyone me with how to find such file using grep ??
>
grep -l -E 'typedef|struct|EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME'


--
Like the ski resort of girls looking for husbands and husbands looking
for girls, the situation is not as symmetrical as it might seem.
-- Alan McKay

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:55:21 -0700, onkar
<onkar.n.m@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> typedef struct example_struct_name{
> int i;
> char j;
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> } EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME;
>
>
> I need to search al such structs based on three strings : (1)
> typedef , (2) struct , (3) EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME
>
> I atleast want to know all the files in the project which contain
> such structs.
>
> can anyone me with how to find such file using grep ??
>
grep -l -E 'typedef|struct|EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME'


--
Like the ski resort of girls looking for husbands and husbands looking
for girls, the situation is not as symmetrical as it might seem.
-- Alan McKay

onkar wrote:

>
> typedef struct example_struct_name{
> int i;
> char j;
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> } EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME;
>
>
> I need to search al such structs based on three strings : (1)
> typedef , (2) struct , (3) EXAMPLE_STRUCT_NAME
>
> I atleast want to know all the files in the project which contain
> such structs.
>
> can anyone me with how to find such file using grep ??
>

You can't. You need to use a tool that understands the language
otherwise you'll get false matches on things like:

typedef enum bob {
a,
b, /* will name a struct */
...
} BOB;

or various other combinations. You can quite a bit by stripping out
comments with a preprocessor (e.g. gcc -E) but I still don't believe you
can resolve all the issues. If you're examining C files and looking for
structure definitions, take a look at cscope
(http://cscope.sourceforge.net/).

Ed.