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Old 07-08-2009, 12:36 PM   #1
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how to use find to build a list of files with *.cpp *.h *.cc *.mm *.java extensions


Hi,

How can I use find to build a list of files with *.cpp *.h *.cc *.mm *.java extensions?

I tried
find . -name "*.cpp|*.h|*.java|*.cc|*.mm" -print

That prints out nothing.

Thank you.
 
Old 07-08-2009, 12:45 PM   #2
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That won't work because shell globbing isn't regex pattern matching.

Code:
find . \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.cc"  \) -print
You get the idea.



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Last edited by Tinkster; 07-08-2009 at 12:47 PM.
 
Old 07-08-2009, 12:52 PM   #3
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Take a look at "man find"---especially the -regex option
 
Old 07-08-2009, 01:14 PM   #4
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there are other tools too....
´locate´ and ´grep´ are such tools(very powerful)
you can use them along with ´find´
 
  


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