How can I search for a string of JavaScript code in a large project?

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I am new to a company and their code is not documented. I'm calling a complex function but cannot get it to work. I'd like to see how this function is called in their production code. The more examples of it's usage I can find, the better. This function is rarely called. All of their code exists in one Visual Studio project. There is about 150 sub-projects. I'd say the chance that a sub-project uses this function is 5%. Each project contains a wide variety of file types. What I'd like to do specifically, if find all JavaScript files with "insert string here" in their code. How can I do this?

This project is also hosted by Team Foundation Server.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25310572/how-to-actually-search-all-files-in-visual-studio — Peter Schweitzer Jr, Jun 15 '17 at 18:48
I've have to search each solution. As stated, there are 150 solutions. — Michael Drum, Jun 15 '17 at 18:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '17 at 19:02

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Notepad++ has a great find-in-file tool. However, it took a long time because it had to search through 2.43GB of data. You can see how to use it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGV_iMOGsY

Thank you for the suggestion Simon! It found 66 results.

answered Jun 15 '17 at 19:02

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How can I search for a string of JavaScript code in a large project?

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