> (I'm still having trouble thinking up a use-case for that. About the only 
> thing I can think of is trying to find out which header file defines a 
> particular symbol or something.)

I use the Windows search (which searches within files) quite a lot when 
looking for which source file contains certain code.  Outside of 
programming/development I can't think of many other common cases (maybe you 
are looking for a certain phrase within a letter you wrote?).

> If it's a small file, you can search it just be scrolling through it and 
> looking with your eyes. You don't need an automated search facility. The 
> only real reason to use an automated search is if there's too much data to 
> hunt through manually.

If a file is big enough to need scrolling, it's going to be faster to ask 
the editor to search for it than using your eyes.

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