eyeball search

( n.,v.)

   To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native
   optical  sensors,  as  opposed to using some sort of pattern matching
   software  like {grep} or any other automated search tool. Also called
   a {vgrep}; compare {vdiff}.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {by hand}{vdiff}]