Ubuntu – How to combine the output of multiple `find` commands

command linefind

find -type f -name "*.avi" -exec md5sum {} + > checklist.chk
find -type f -name "*.mp4" -exec md5sum {} + > checklist.chk

How to combine these two commands?

Either by combining both search terms in one command or
So that each command adds its output to the same file.

Hope it's clear what I am trying to do.

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Combining:

find -type f \( -name "*.avi" -or -name '*.mp4' \) -exec md5sum {} + > checklist.chk

Adding output to one file:

find -type f -name "*.avi" -exec md5sum {} + > checklist.chk
find -type f -name "*.mp4" -exec md5sum {} + >> checklist.chk

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Ubuntu – How to find an application’s command, graphically or otherwise

I know you prefer a graphical route but here's my effort as a learner of CLI stuff ...

To list names with commands:

grep '^Name=' /usr/share/applications/*.desktop > ~/Desktop/mgtl1.txt && grep -h '^Exec=' /usr/share/applications/*.desktop > ~/Desktop/mgtl2.txt && paste -d':' ~/Desktop/mgtl1.txt ~/Desktop/mgtl2.txt > ~/Desktop/mgtl3.txt && perl -p -i -e 's/\/usr\/share\/applications\///'g ~/Desktop/mgtl3.txt && perl -p -i.bak -e 's/\n/\n\n/'g mgtl3.txt && perl -p -i.bak -e 's/:/\n/'g mgtl3.txt

will create four files on the desktop and mgtl3.txt will look like this in part:

apport-gtk-mime.desktop  
Name=Report a problem...  
Exec=/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk -c %f

audacity.desktop  
Name=Audacity  
Exec=audacity %F

blueman-manager.desktop  
Name=Bluetooth Manager  
Exec=blueman-manager

To find the command for any software
Launch the software. Then, run

COLUMNS=150 ps -ef > ~/Desktop/out.txt

Examine the last few lines of out.txt for the relevant command.

Ubuntu – Find file by matching on its path

try this

find */subdir -type f

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