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How do I find text within a file and have it search multiple subfolders?

I would like to find out all the files under mydir/ directory whose content contains the string "apple". How can I do this?

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This has been covered before. Have you performed a search before asking? – enzotib Nov 16 '11 at 10:28
Yes, I tried "gerp "apple"" but it search for all the files in my Ubuntu system which takes a long time. – Mellon Nov 16 '11 at 10:29

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Maybe one of those

cd mydir ; grep -lr apple *

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find mydir -type f | xargs grep -l apple
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What does * starnd for in command "grep -lr apple * "? – Mellon Nov 16 '11 at 10:41
* is target of grep command. It will expand to every name in current folder. – bbaja42 Nov 16 '11 at 13:41
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There is no need to use find actually, grep can do all that stuff.

grep --recursive --ignore-case --files-with-matches "apple" mydir/
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