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How can I tell ( if I can tell !) find to find files of both the directory and file type?

find -type fd

It is like the heuristic dark ages up in here.

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Here is the command you can use:

find -type f -or -type d
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Or find -type f -o -type d for POSIX compliant alternative. – manatwork Nov 3 '12 at 14:54
Hey I ran into a little trouble with this when I run $find . -type d -or -type f -and -iname "vision" it does not do exactly what I expect, am I missing something else! – James Andino Nov 3 '12 at 15:56
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-a has precedence over -o, use parenthesis (but escape them for the shell). No need to use the non-standard -or or -and. – Stephane Chazelas Nov 3 '12 at 16:52

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