Help with find command

I want to find out all the files whose extension is .java or .jsp or .html from a particular directory.

For example, find $HOME -name '*.jsp' command would search for only jsp files.

This way I want to find out all the files whose extension is java, jsp or html.

Any clues on this would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

Most simple solution:

find $HOME -name '*.java' >/tmp/list
find $HOME -name '*.jsp' >>/tmp/list
find $HOME -name '*.html' >>/tmp/list

Now you can for instance:

cat /tmp/list | cpio -ovcaB >/dev/your_tape_device

Regards

just to add to zlutovsky's

You can also use -o (or) like
\(-name '*.java' -o -name '*.jsp' -o ...... \) instead of 3 line

-a(and) is implied or default

VERY simple and imo NOT the solution :


Q: who said, you can write /tmp/list ?
suppose /tmp/list is still there owned by an other user NOT in your group and and and
the ONLY safe place for tmps is NOT /tmp but $HOME

gruntz way is better
an alternative to that would be
find . ¦ egrep "...¦...¦..." (NOTA: i prefer sed)
but for this you should read manuals, do it!

a last remarque zlutovsky

not only you are running 3 times find, but you also open(and close)
3 times the same fd

the problem is: today our hw is good, do that on a 30years old
NCRtower1632, you will undestand what i mean.

Thanks to all.

Make a unique file -

even if you could generate a unique file, we would always not have a write permission to /tmp directory. It is always better to place in $HOME.