> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson > Sent: 10/14/2005 12:54 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Help With Find Syntax > > I want to recursively search a directory and return files that end in ".jpg" or ".gif" but I can't seem to get the find syntax right. My basic command lines are: > > find /multimedia/Pictures -iname "*.gif" -print > > OR > > find /multimedia/Pictures -iname "*.jpg" -print > > Both of these work perfectly. But I can't figure out how to combine the two. 'man find' tells me the the OR operator is '-or'. Thus it seems that some incantation along this line would work: > > $ find /multimedia/Pictures -iname "*.gif" -or "*.jpg" -print > find: paths must precede expression > Usage: find [path...] [expression] > > I've tried various placement of quotes, parenthesis, etc. but can't seem to find the right way to do this. Can someone show me my error? > > Thanks, > > Drew > Try:
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