find . -name "*.txt" -type f -printf "%pt" -exec grep -c "the" {};

./ex.sh txt the

./etext00/00ws110.txt 42764
./etext00/1cahe10.txt 26692
./etext00/1vkip11.txt 21895
./etext00/2cahe10.txt 24604
./etext00/2yb4m10.txt 15476
./etext00/8rbaa10.txt 3131

./etext00/00ws110.txt   35388
./etext00/1cahe10.txt   17905
./etext00/1vkip11.txt   14617
./etext00/2cahe10.txt   16971
./etext00/2yb4m10.txt   9938
./etext00/8rbaa10.txt   1839