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 exec ]
.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
Search hidden files and directories.
.TP
.B \-I, \-\-no\-ignore
Do not respect any
.BR gitignore (5)
files.
.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 \-a, \-\-absolute\-path
Show absolute instead of relative paths.
.TP
.B \-L, \-\-follow
Dereference all symbolic links encountered.
.TP
.B \-p, \-\-full\-path
Match
.I pattern
against the full path
.TP
.B \-0, \-\-print0
Print results followed by null character instead of newlines.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Prints version information.
.TP
.BI "\-d, \-\-max\-depth " levels
Limit directory traversal to at most
.I levels
of depth.
.TP
.BI "\-t, \-\-type " filetype
Filter search by type:
.RS
.IP "f, file"
regular files
.IP "d, directories"
directories
.IP "s, symlink"
symbolic links
.RE
.TP
.BI "\-e, \-\-extension " ext
Filter search results by file extension
.IR ext .
.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)