quick grep question

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Date: 04/19/05 

Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:16:16 +0200

IHi,
I have a directory structure, and I want to find a string in a file
buried deep in that structure ..

  find . -name "filename" -exec grep "string" {}\;

... would do it ?

Now if I want to *replace* that chain with something else ..? I'm lost.

Thanks in advance. 

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