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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" Chris Torek.
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\"
+.\"     from: @(#)ffs.3	5.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
+.\"	$Id: ffs.3,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:21 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd April 19, 1991
+.Dt FFS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ffs
+.Nd find first bit set in a bit string
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <string.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn ffs "int value"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn ffs
+function
+finds the first bit set in
+.Fa value
+and returns the index of that bit.
+Bits are numbered starting from 1, starting at the right-most
+bit.
+A return value of 0 means that the argument was zero.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr bitstring 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn ffs
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 .