Recursively find files with a specific extension

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I m trying to find files with specific extensions   For example  I want to find all  pdf and  jpg files that s named Robert  I know I can do this command     find   -name    h  -o -name    cpp    but I need to specify the name of the file itself besides the extensions   I just want to see if there s a possible way to avoid writing the file name again and over again Thank you

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My preference  find   -name    jpg  -o -name    png  -print   grep Robert

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Using bash globbing  if find is not a must   ls Robert  pdf jpg

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find -name   Robert      -name    pdf  -o -name    jpg       The -o repreents an OR condition and you can add as many as you wish within the braces  So this says to find all files containing the word  Robert  anywhere in their names and whose names end in either  pdf  or  jpg

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As a script you can use   find    2 -    -iregex      1 -Robert     h  cpp     -print      save it as findcc chmod 755 findcc   and use it as  findcc  name    search direcory     e g   findcc                   default name  Robert  and directory   findcc Joe               default directory     findcc Joe  somewhere    no defaults   note you cant use  findcc  some where     eg without the name      also as alternative  you can use  find   1  -print   grep         and  findcc directory grep options   like  findcc   -P   Robert   h cpp

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Using find s -regex argument   find   -regex     Robert    h  cpp       Or just using -name   find   -name  Robert    -a    -name    cpp  -o -name    h

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This q a shows how to use find with regular expression  How to use regex with find command   Pattern could be something like    Robert      h cgg

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As an alternative to using -regex option on find  since the question is labeled bash  you can use the brace expansion mechanism   eval find   -false  -o -name Robert   jpg pdf

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Recurisvely with ls   -al for include hidden folders  ftype  quot jpg quot  ls -1R     ftype   2 gt   dev null

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