fd/doc/fd.1

.TH FD 1
.SH NAME
fd \- find entries in the filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fd
.RB [ \-HIEsiaLp0hV ]
.RB [ \-d
.IR depth ]
.RB [ \-t
.IR filetype ]
.RB [ \-e
.IR ext ]
.RB [ \-E
.IR exclude ]
.RB [ \-c
.IR when ]
.RB [ \-j
.IR num ]
.RB [ \-x
.IR cmd ]
.RI [ pattern ]
.RI [ path... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B fd
is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to
.BR find (1).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-H, \-\-hidden
Include hidden files and directories in the search results.
.TP
.B \-I, \-\-no\-ignore
Do not respect files like
.I .gitignore
and
.I .fdignore
and include ignored files in the search results.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-ignore\-vcs
Do not respect version control ignore files like
.I ".gitignore"
and include the respective entries in the search results.
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-case\-sensitive
Perform a case-sensitive search (default: smart case).
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-ignore\-case
Perform a case-insensitive search (default: smart case).
.TP
.B \-F, \-\-fixed\-strings
Treat the pattern as a literal string instead of a regular expression.
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-absolute\-path
Show absolute instead of relative paths.
.TP
.B \-L, \-\-follow
Dereference all symbolic links encountered.
.TP
.B \-p, \-\-full\-path
Match the
.I pattern
against the full path instead of just the file or directory name.
.TP
.B \-0, \-\-print0
Separate search results by null characters instead of newlines.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print help information.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Print version information.
.TP
.BI "\-d, \-\-max\-depth " d
Limit directory traversal to at most
.I d
levels of depth. By default, there is no limit on the search depth.
.TP
.BI "\-t, \-\-type " filetype
Filter search by type:
.RS
.IP "f, file"
regular files
.IP "d, directories"
directories
.IP "l, symlink"
symbolic links
.RE

.RS
This option can be used repeatedly to allow for multiple file types.
.RE
.TP
.BI "\-e, \-\-extension " ext
Filter search results by file extension
.IR ext .
This option can be used repeatedly to allow for multiple possible file extensions.
.TP
.BI "\-E, \-\-exclude " pattern
Exclude files/directories that match the given glob pattern.
This overrides any other ignore logic.
Multiple exclude patterns can be specified.
.TP
.BI "\-c, \-\-color " when
Declare
.I when
to colorize search results:
.RS
.IP auto
Colorize output when standard output is connected to terminal (default).
.IP never
Do not colorize output.
.IP always
Always colorize output.
.RE
.TP
.BI "\-j, \-\-threads " num
Number of threads to use for searching (default: number of available CPUs).
.TP
.BI "\-x, \-\-exec " command "\fR [args...] ;"
Execute
.I command
for each search result. The following placeholders are substituted by a path derived from the current search result:
.RS
.IP {}
path
.IP {/}
basename
.IP {//}
parent directory
.IP {.}
path without file extension
.IP {/.}
basename without file extension
.RE
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B LS_COLORS
Determines how to colorize search results, see
.BR dircolors (1) .
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.RI "Find files and directories that match the pattern '" needle "':"
$ fd needle
.TP
.RI "Start a search in a given directory (" /var/log "):"
$ fd nginx /var/log
.TP
.RI "Find all Python files (all files with the extention " .py ") in the current directory:"
$ fd -e py
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR find (1)