Why in Linux (Debian 8)
touch 1.cpp 1.h
find . -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -exec echo {} \;
outputs only 1.h while
find . -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h"
outputs both? Is it a bug or feature?
I think once you used -or operator, then you've to keep it consistent in order to avoid ambiguous order of logical operations when you have multiple conditions connected using logical OR.
It seems the -exec part is grouped together with the second -name "*.h".
So in order to make it work correctly, you've to add the brackets as below:
find . '(' -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h' ')' -exec echo {} ';'
Remember: The parentheses must be quoted or escaped with a backslash to prevent them from being interpreted as special shell characters.
Alternatively combine few extensions into one by using -regex:
find . ! -regex ".*\.\(cpp\|h\)" -exec echo {} \;
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