.TH "ffs" 9 "ffs" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME ffs \- find first bit set .SH SYNOPSIS .B "int" ffs .BI "(int " x ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "x" 12 the word to search .SH "DESCRIPTION" This is defined the same way as the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).