title: how to search a string in multiple files in unix
body: <p>I want to search a string in the directory (sub directories too) <strong>/www/mydirectory</strong>, the string is <strong>parcel</strong>. I have tried with the command <strong>grep -r "parcel".</strong> i got this from stackoverflow. But if i give this command, server is hanging up and displays nothing. Please help me in getting this.</p>