Content could provide "grep-like" result lines

[Zavod]

I find something I use Search Everything for, quite a bit, is to search for files with content:<searchterm>.

I'd *LOVE* to see the results provide the line(s) containing that content displayed on screen. Similar to "grep".

I'm thinking something like:

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Filename        Path       Size          Date Modified        (etc.)
myfilename.ext  C:\MyDir   123           2022-10-04
    -> 42: Blah black <searchterm> blah
    -> 167: Gnarley <searchterm> constants
otherfile.ext     c:\Elsewhere   456     2022-01-01
    -> 18: line content <searchterm>

[raccoon]

Try this search query:

"E:\documents\" regex:content:".{10}foobar.{10}" addcolumn:reg-match-0:3

It will search all of the files in your documents folder for files containing the word "foobar" and it will display 10 characters before and after it in the temporarily added "Regular Expression Match 0" column. You can change the value from 10 to 20 or 40 or whatever you prefer, just make the column wider.

[void]

I will consider showing the matching line number in the preview pane or details pane.

Thank you for the suggestion.