how do i search a directory and all its content for a text matching a specific pattern

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Tue, 06/15/2010 - 19:38 — Anonymous

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 19:42 — admin

using grep command we can accomplish this
#grep -ri {search string} {folder name}

# grep -ri programmingfaqs myproject

it searches the string "programmingfaqs" in myproject folder and all its subfolders and files