List files with certain extensions with ls and grep

Question

I just want to get the files from the current dir and only output .mp4 .mp3 .exe files nothing else. So I thought I could just do this: ``` ls | grep \.mp4$ | grep \.mp3$ | grep \.exe$ ``` But no, as the first grep will output just mp4's therefor the other 2 grep's won't be used. Any ideas? PS, Running this script on Slow Leopard.

Accepted Answer

Why not:

```
ls *.{mp3,exe,mp4}
```

I'm not sure where I learned it - but I've been using this.

List files with certain extensions with ls and grep

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