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Find command - multiple file types

Hey all,

I've racked my head against the wall long enough, so I'll throw this over to someone wiser.

I've been using the find command to create a playlist:

Code:

find /directory/Archived/Music -name "*.*" -print > playlist.txt

This, of course, results in all the files in the music directory being placed in the playlist.txt file.

What I'd really like to do is to find all the music files - mp3, ogg, flac, etc., and generate the playlist.txt file.

I've tried various combinations and permutations:

Code:

find  /directory/Archived/Music -name "*.mp3 *.flac *.ogg" -print > playlist.txt

etc

but, alas, no success.

Help, please.

cheers,

Here's an example from my backup script.

Code:

find /mnt/backup -type f \( -name '*.gz' -o -name '*.log' \) \

-mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

well, i've tried some things, even using your exact phrase, and i get:

Code:

find: paths must precede expression

Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]

hmmm....

I was just showing the method of finding more than one file type. :)
This would be a more complete example of what you are doing.

Code:

(cd /home/mp3 ; find . -type f \( -iname "*.mp3" -o \

-iname "*.flac" -o -iname "*.ogg" \) -exec ls {} \;  | \

cut -d/ -f2 > /home/list.txt)

thanx homey....you're my 'hero for a day'

cheers,