Change Text on Instantiated Objects Child

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First of all, I’m quite new to Unity, so any help is appreciated. I’ve been surfing the web for hours, but couldn’t find a proper solution to this.
What I would like to do: Create 100 flat Boxes with numbers on them.

What I could’ve done so far: Creating 100 flat Boxes with a static numbers on them.

My code is:

public Transform Cubes;
//loop goes here
GameObject cube = Instantiate(Cubes, new Vector3(0,0,0), transform.rotation) as GameObject;

I have the Prefab as a Box, and a 3D Text is attached to it as a child.

How can I change the text of the Child 3D Text? And after creating them, how can I loop throught them? Is there an option to name the instances for later usage?

Thank you in advance!

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Ok so to get the child you can either find that game object it is attached to using transform.Find() or better in this case just do

 cube.GetComponentInChildren<TextMesh>().text = "whatever";

To change the name of the cube just do cube.name = "yourNameHere"

EDIT Sorry forgot the loop through them bit!

Either store them in a list as you instantiate them, or give them a tag (you have to define it in the inspector first) and use GameObject.FindObjectsWithTag("yourTag") Or use the idea in this post