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"To search" is 検索する of course, but how do you differentiate between searching
"in" or "through" something and searching "for" something?

From what I have seen, it seems like there is no differentiation in the
grammar, but that seems hard to believe.

> Search for a file => ファイルを検索する
>
> Search the Internet => インターネットを検索する

There is no situation where you would talk about searching _for_ the Internet,
right? So the content clarifies the meaning, but we have the same grammar for
two different meanings.

> Search a file => ファイルを検索する（？）

As in, search through or in a file to find specific data.  
If the same grammar is used in Japanese, then the exact same sentence has two
very different meanings.

> 検索対象文書

Does this mean the document that is being searched for, the documents that are
being searched through to find a certain document, or the document(s) that
is/are being searched through to find certain words?

Is there no way to differentiate what 検索 is referring to other than reading
potentially paragraphs of otherwise unnecessary information just to identify
this simple, but important difference?
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grammar meaning ambiguity
Differentiating between "search in" and "search for" in Japanese
I believe there's no way to differentiate other than reading paragraphs.
検索対象文書 may mean both, depending on the context.

If you want to clarify the meaning, you should say explicitly :

  * フォルダの中で特定のファイルを検索する
  * ファイル名で検索する
  * 文書名で検索する (find a certain document by document name)

against:

  * ファイルの中のデータを検索する
  * ファイル内を検索する
  * 文書内の単語を検索する (find a certain word in a document / documents)
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