Tr4wl: The File Search That Goes Where Spotlight Doesn’t

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The utility maintains a filename index rather than rescanning the disk for every query, and the page explains the tradeoff directly: the index remains fast but uses about 112MB of memory at rest. Its examples focus on material commonly hidden from ordinary search, including 38,232 package.json files, 1,934 Info.plist files, 135 .env files, and sandboxed data under ~/Library/Containers. The page also documents regex and boolean query syntax.