The best is when you mix filename expansion and brace expansion : > ls *.{png,jpg,bmp,gif} But this gives error if there is no jpg files. In bash, you can a

The best is when you mix filename expansion and brace expansion : > ls *.{png,jpg,bmp,gif} But this gives error if there is no jpg files. In bash, you can activate the extglob mode with "shopt -s extglob" and do this : > ls *.@(png|jpg|bmp|gif) http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_35.html http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_35.html