Linux find command gotcha?

Question

Hi I am trying to find all js & css files in one find command. I tried all of the below but in vain:

find WebContent -name "*.[jc]ss?"

find WebContent -name "*.[jc]ss{0,1}"

find WebContent -name "*.[jc][s]{1,2}$"

find WebContent -name "*.[jc]s{1,2}"

find WebContent -name "*.[jc]s[s]?"

Now what??

Answer 1

-name accepts arguments that are globs, not regular expressions. You could use -regex if you wanted to use regular expressions, but the -o option (meaning "or") is probably the simplest solution:

find WebContent -name "*.js" -o -name "*.css"

Answer 2

Try this

find WebContent -regextype posix-extended -regex '.*\.(css|js)$'

Answer 3

you can do boolean expressions with find. -o stands for OR.

find -name "*.js" -o -name "*.cpp"

Answer 4

use the -iname option case insensitive

find WebContent \( -iname "*.js" -o -iname "*.css" \)