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DSCLocateSymbol
Description
Search the cache for a symbol by name, walking its local symbol table and every image's export table. Choosing the action opens a small query prompt: enter a substring — the field keeps a history of past queries — and confirm. The only knob behind the Options group (collapsed by default) is case-insensitive matching.
Available from the DSC Index context menu, under Locate.
The "Locate > Symbol" entry in the DSC Index context menu
The query prompt, with the Options group expanded
Confirming runs the search and opens the DSC symbols panel with the matches. The panel keeps the same query field and Options, so you can refine the search in place — edit the text and press Enter, or click the Search button.
The DSC symbols panel after a search
Result tree
Hits are grouped by their containing image; the cache's local symbol table appears as a top-level .symbols group. Unlike the DSC Index, this tree exposes one extra level of grouping: the section in which each symbol sits (__objc_data, __data, etc.) — useful when triaging hits that span both code and metadata.
Each leaf shows the matched name and its address. Double-clicking a leaf jumps to the symbol, triggering an on-demand load of the owning image if it isn't loaded yet.
