find files filtered by multiple extensions

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Published on 2010-04-01T01:31:40Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 1:33 UTC
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What is the correct syntax for:

find . -type f -name \*.\(shtml\|css\)

This works, but is inelegant:

find . -type f -name \*.shtml > f.txt && find . -type f -name \*.css >> f.txt

Fewer keystrokes?

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