Bash: is there a way to search for a particular string in a directory of files?

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00:00 Question
00:49 Accepted answer (Score 80)
01:16 Answer 2 (Score 12)
01:58 Answer 3 (Score 6)
04:23 Answer 4 (Score 2)
04:59 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/345101/b...

Question links:
[Search for a text pattern in linux]: https://superuser.com/questions/215896/s...

Accepted answer links:
[ack-grep]: http://betterthangrep.com/

Answer 2 links:
[grep]: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/...
[ctags]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctags

Answer 3 links:
[Gilles]: https://superuser.com/questions/345113
[dietbuddha]: https://superuser.com/questions/345195

Answer 4 links:
[this one]: https://superuser.com/questions/80033/co...
http://betterthangrep.com/

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