Searching file contents
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By default, a query searches both the file path and the content. You can
restrict your search to just the contents of a file by using the
content filter. For example, the following query looks
for the term main in the contents of all Java files. It does not search for
instances where a path contains the term main.
lang:java content:main
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Last updated 2023-10-03 UTC.
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