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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T16:01:15+00:00 2026-05-11T16:01:15+00:00

In the bash command line, I want to find all files that are named

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In the bash command line, I want to find all files that are named foo or bar. I tried this:

find . -name "foo\|bar"

but that doesn’t work. What’s the right syntax?

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    2026-05-11T16:01:15+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 4:01 pm

    You want:

    find . \( -name "foo" -o -name "bar" \)
    

    See the wikipedia page (of all places)

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