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When using find what is the correct format to say "Find files that end in .jpg OR .png"?

Is it as simple as using the | operator/character?

find -iname "*.jpg|*.png"
heemayl
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No.

You need to use -o (OR) in find like:

find \( -iname '*.jpg' -o -iname '*.png' \)

Your one would be close to correct if you are matching Regex:

find -iregex ".*\(jpg\|png\)"

Or using extended Regex:

find -regextype posix-extended -iregex ".*(jpg|png)"
heemayl
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  • +1. FYI, -regextype egrep also gives you extended regular expressions with GNU extensions (like \w and \b and {n,m} intervals) and is shorter to type. see pinfo find --node 'Regular Expressions' – cas May 10 '16 at 01:27
  • @cas Thanks..On my GNU find 4.4.2 (Ubuntu 14.04) it is posix-egrep – heemayl May 10 '16 at 04:26
  • mine is the findutils 4.6.0+git+20160126-2 package in debian sid. (although, oddly, find --version says 4.7.0-git). I've been using -regextype awk until recently, but that doesn't support the gnu extensions. – cas May 10 '16 at 04:28