Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:18:06 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: DJGPP AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: How to find all references?
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On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, A.Appleyard wrote:

> > How about grep: can you look at all the places the variables and functions
> > are mentioned, then see whether any of them is a function call (for a
> > function) or if a variable is getting a value?
> 
>   But I use functions and variables in hundreds of places!

Can you define a pattern or a regular expression that distinguishes 
between a function/variable *definition/declaration* and its *use*?  If 
so, you can run egrep or sed on the output of the first grep.

Btw, I still think that NM is your answer.  Can you tell why you couldn't 
make it help you?