.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 (default: hidden files and directories are skipped). .TP .B \-I, \-\-no\-ignore Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by .IR .gitignore , .I .ignore or .I .fdignore files. .TP .B \-u, \-\-unrestricted Alias for '--no-ignore'. Can be repeated; '-uu' is an alias for '--no-ignore --hidden'. .TP .B \-\-no\-ignore\-vcs Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by .I .gitignore files. .TP .B \-s, \-\-case\-sensitive Perform a case-sensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, unless the pattern contains an uppercase character (smart case). .TP .B \-i, \-\-ignore\-case Perform a case-insensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, unless the pattern contains an uppercase character (smart case). .TP .B \-g, \-\-glob Perform a glob-based search instead of a regular expression search. .TP .B \-\-regex Perform a regular-expression based seach (default). This can be used to override --glob. .TP .B \-F, \-\-fixed\-strings Treat the pattern as a literal string instead of a regular expression. .TP .B \-a, \-\-absolute\-path Shows the full path starting from the root as opposed to relative paths. .TP .B \-l, \-\-list\-details Use a detailed listing format like 'ls -l'. This is basically an alias for '--exec-batch ls -l' with some additional 'ls' options. This can be used to see more metadata, to show symlink targets and to achieve a deterministic sort order. .TP .B \-L, \-\-follow By default, fd does not descend into symlinked directories. Using this flag, symbolic links are also traversed. .TP .B \-p, \-\-full\-path By default, the search pattern is only matched against the filename (or directory name). Using this flag, the .I pattern is matched against the full path. .TP .B \-0, \-\-print0 Separate search results by the null character (instead of newlines). Useful for piping results to .IR xargs . .TP .B \-\-max\-results count Limit the number of search results to 'count' and quit immediately. .TP .B \-1 Limit the search to a single result and quit immediately. This is an alias for '--max-results=1'. .TP .B \-\-show-errors Enable the display of filesystem errors for situations such as insufficient permissions or dead symlinks. .TP .B \-\-one\-file\-system, \-\-mount, \-\-xdev By default, fd will traverse the file system tree as far as other options dictate. With this flag, fd ensures that it does not descend into a different file system than the one it started in. Comparable to the -mount or -xdev filters of find(1). .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, directory" directories .IP "l, symlink" symbolic links .IP "x, executable" executable (files) .IP "e, empty" empty files or directories .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 "\-\-ignore-file " path Add a custom ignore-file in '.gitignore' format. These files have a low precedence. .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 Set number of threads to use for searching & executing (default: number of available CPU cores). .TP .BI "\-S, \-\-size " size Limit results based on the size of files using the format .I <+-> .RS .IP '+' file size must be greater than or equal to this .IP '-' file size must be less than or equal to this .IP 'NUM' The numeric size (e.g. 500) .IP 'UNIT' The units for NUM. They are not case-sensitive. Allowed unit values: .RS .IP 'b' bytes .IP 'k' kilobytes .IP 'm' megabytes .IP 'g' gigabytes .IP 't' terabytes .IP 'ki' kibibytes .IP 'mi' mebibytes .IP 'gi' gibibytes .IP 'ti' tebibytes .RE .RE .TP .BI "\-\-changed-within " date|duration Filter results based on the file modification time. The argument can be provided as a specific point in time (\fIYYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS\fR) or as a duration (\fI10h, 1d, 35min\fR). .B --change-newer-than can be used as an alias. Examples: \-\-changed-within 2weeks \-\-change-newer-than "2018-10-27 10:00:00" .TP .BI "\-\-changed-before " date|duration Filter results based on the file modification time. The argument can be provided as a specific point in time (\fIYYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS\fR) or as a duration (\fI10h, 1d, 35min\fR). .B --change-older-than can be used as an alias. Examples: \-\-changed-before "2018-10-27 10:00:00" \-\-change-older-than 2weeks .TP .BI "\-x, \-\-exec " command 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 .TP .BI "\-X, \-\-exec-batch " command Execute .I command with all search results at once. A single occurence of the following placeholders is authorized and substituted by the paths derived from the search results before the command is executed: .RS .IP {} path .IP {/} basename .IP {//} parent directory .IP {.} path without file extension .IP {/.} basename without file extension .RE .SH PATTERN SYNTAX The regular expression syntax used by fd is documented here: .UR https://docs.rs/regex/1.0.0/regex/#syntax .UE The glob syntax is documented here: .UR https://docs.rs/globset/#syntax .UE .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 .TP .RI "Open all search results with vim:" $ fd pattern -X vim .SH SEE ALSO .BR find (1)