find -regex: matching multiple extensions

r0sc0 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-08-2005

I want to use find to locate files with two different extensions, and run a grep on the results. The closest I have gotten is incredibly slow and ugly:
for i in `ls -laR|egrep -e '(.js|.css)'`; do find . -name $i -print|xargs grep -H searchBg; done;

This method makes my eyes bleed. Help!

Also, anyone know where I can read up on the -regex switch on find?

Thanks.

pixelbeat · #2 (**permalink**) 12-08-2005

export LANG=C #for speed
find -name "*.css" -o -name "*.js" -print0 |
xargs -r0 grep --color -FH searchBg

see also:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/findrepo

r0sc0 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-08-2005

find . -type f $ -name '*.css' -o -name '*.js' $ -print0|xargs -r0 grep --color -FH searchBg

worked a charm, thanks pixel

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