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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T07:43:59+00:00 2026-05-14T07:43:59+00:00

I wonder how to specify to the command find for searching files with names

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I wonder how to specify to the command find for searching files with names matching some string or some other string.

For example, if I want to look for files that match either *dat or *txt under current directory, how to specify?

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    2026-05-14T07:43:59+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 7:43 am
    find . \( -name \*.dat -o -name \*.txt \)
    
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