How to find & exec for several regexp patterns together?
e.g. How to combine the following commands into one command:
find . -name "*.aix" -exec rm {} \;
find . -name "*.sun*" -exec rm {} \;
find . -name "*.solaris*" -exec rm {} \;

I tried the following commands, but none of them work:
find . -name "(*.aix|*.sun*|*.solaris*)" -exec rm {} \;
find . -name "(*.aix\|*.sun*\|*.solaris*)" -exec rm {} \;
find . -name "\(*.aix|*.sun*|*.solaris*\)" -exec rm {} \;
find . -name "\(*.aix\|*.sun*\|*.solaris*\)" -exec rm {} \;

wong_powah@yahoo.ca wrote:

> How to find & exec for several regexp patterns together?
> e.g. How to combine the following commands into one command:
> find . -name "*.aix" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "*.sun*" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "*.solaris*" -exec rm {} \;
>
> I tried the following commands, but none of them work:
> find . -name "(*.aix|*.sun*|*.solaris*)" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "(*.aix\|*.sun*\|*.solaris*)" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "\(*.aix|*.sun*|*.solaris*\)" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "\(*.aix\|*.sun*\|*.solaris*\)" -exec rm {} \;

See man find, operator "-o".

find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o "*.solaris*" \) -exec rm {} \;

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I'm aware of that), but I may miss something. Corrections are welcome.

pk wrote:

> find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o "*.solaris*" \) -exec rm {} \;

Sorry, should have been

find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun" -o name "*.solaris" \) -exec rm {} \;

--
All the commands are tested with bash and GNU tools, so they may use
nonstandard features. I try to mention when something is nonstandard (if
I'm aware of that), but I may miss something. Corrections are welcome.

pk wrote:

> pk wrote:
>
>> find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o "*.solaris*" \) -exec rm {} \;
>
> Sorry, should have been
>
> find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun" -o name "*.solaris" \) -exec rm {}
> \;

>8-(

find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o name "*.solaris*" \) -exec rm {}
\;

--
All the commands are tested with bash and GNU tools, so they may use
nonstandard features. I try to mention when something is nonstandard (if
I'm aware of that), but I may miss something. Corrections are welcome.

On Mar 19, 11:51 am, pk <p...@pk.pk> wrote:
> pk wrote:
> > pk wrote:
>
> >> find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o "*.solaris*" \) -exec rm {} \;
>
> > Sorry, should have been
>
> > find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun" -o name "*.solaris" \) -exec rm {}
> > \;
> >8-(
>
> find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o name "*.solaris*" \) -exec rm {}
> \;
>
> --
> All the commands are tested with bash and GNU tools, so they may use
> nonstandard features. I try to mention when something is nonstandard (if
> I'm aware of that), but I may miss something. Corrections are welcome.

Thank you very much.
A small typo - third regexp should be "-name":
find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o -name "*.solaris*" \) -exec
rm {} \;

wong_powah@yahoo.ca wrote:

> Thank you very much.
> A small typo - third regexp should be "-name":
> find \( -name "*.aix" -o -name "*.sun*" -o -name "*.solaris*" \) -exec
> rm {} \;

Yeah, a typo at last, since I hadn't done enough :-)

--
All the commands are tested with bash and GNU tools, so they may use
nonstandard features. I try to mention when something is nonstandard (if
I'm aware of that), but I may miss something. Corrections are welcome.

On Mar 19, 8:15am, wong_po...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> How to find & exec for several regexp patterns together?
> e.g. How to combine the following commands into one command:
> find . -name "*.aix" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "*.sun*" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "*.solaris*" -exec rm {} \;
>
> I tried the following commands, but none of them work:
> find . -name "(*.aix|*.sun*|*.solaris*)" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "(*.aix\|*.sun*\|*.solaris*)" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "\(*.aix|*.sun*|*.solaris*\)" -exec rm {} \;
> find . -name "\(*.aix\|*.sun*\|*.solaris*\)" -exec rm {} \;


Try this -
find . \( -name "*.txt" -o -name "*.pl" -print \) -exec ls -l {} \;