Searching the Database

IDA makes it easy to navigate to things that you know about and designs many of its data displays to summarize specific types of information (names, strings, imports, and so on), making them easy to find as well. However, what features are offered to help you conduct more general searches through your databases? If you take time to review the contents of the Search menu, you will find a long list of options, the majority of which take you to the next item in some category. For example, Search ▸ Next Code moves the cursor to the next location containing an instruction. You may also wish to familiarize yourself with the options available on the Jump menu. For many of these, you are presented with a list of locations to choose ...

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