fd - Man Page

• Recursively find files matching a specific pattern in the current directory: fd "string|regex"
• Find files that begin with foo: fd "^foo"
• Find files with a specific extension: fd --extension txt
• Find files in a specific directory: fd "string|regex" path/to/directory
• Include ignored and hidden files in the search: fd --hidden --no-ignore "string|regex"
• Execute a command on each search result returned: fd "string|regex" --exec command

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fd [-HIEsiaLp0hV] [-d depth] [-t filetype] [-e ext] [-E exclude] [-c when] [-j num] [-x cmd] [pattern] [path...]

fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find(1).

-H,  --hidden

Include hidden files and directories in the search results (default: hidden files and directories are skipped).

-I,  --no-ignore

Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by .gitignore, .ignore, .fdignore, or the global ignore file.

-u,  --unrestricted

Alias for '--no-ignore'. Can be repeated; '-uu' is an alias for '--no-ignore --hidden'.

--no-ignore-vcs

Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by .gitignore files.

-s,  --case-sensitive

Perform a case-sensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, unless the pattern contains an uppercase character (smart case).

-i,  --ignore-case

Perform a case-insensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, unless the pattern contains an uppercase character (smart case).

-g,  --glob

Perform a glob-based search instead of a regular expression search.

--regex

Perform a regular-expression based search (default). This can be used to override --glob.

-F,  --fixed-strings

Treat the pattern as a literal string instead of a regular expression. Note that this also performs substring comparison. If you want to match on an exact filename, consider using '--glob'.

-a,  --absolute-path

Shows the full path starting from the root as opposed to relative paths.

-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.

-L,  --follow

By default, fd does not descend into symlinked directories. Using this flag, symbolic links are also traversed.

-p,  --full-path

By default, the search pattern is only matched against the filename (or directory name). Using this flag, the pattern is matched against the full path.

-0,  --print0

Separate search results by the null character (instead of newlines). Useful for piping results to xargs.

--max-results count

Limit the number of search results to 'count' and quit immediately.

-1

Limit the search to a single result and quit immediately. This is an alias for '--max-results=1'.

--show-errors

Enable the display of filesystem errors for situations such as insufficient permissions or dead symlinks.

--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).

-h,  --help

Print help information.

-V,  --version

Print version information.

-d,  --max-depth d

Limit directory traversal to at most d levels of depth. By default, there is no limit on the search depth.

--min-depth d

Only show search results starting at the given depth. See also: '--max-depth' and '--exact-depth'.

--exact-depth d

Only show search results at the exact given depth. This is an alias for '--min-depth <depth> --max-depth <depth>'.

--prune

Do not traverse into matching directories.

-t,  --type filetype

Filter search by type:

f, file

regular files

d, directory

directories

l, symlink

symbolic links

x, executable

executable (files)

e, empty

empty files or directories

s, socket

sockets

p, pipe

named pipes (FIFOs)

This option can be used repeatedly to allow for multiple file types.

-e,  --extension ext

Filter search results by file extension ext. This option can be used repeatedly to allow for multiple possible file extensions.

If you want to search for files without extension, you can use the regex '^[^.]+$' as a normal search pattern.

-E,  --exclude pattern

Exclude files/directories that match the given glob pattern. This overrides any other ignore logic. Multiple exclude patterns can be specified. Examples:
 --exclude '*.pyc'
 --exclude node_modules

--ignore-file path

Add a custom ignore-file in '.gitignore' format. These files have a low precedence.

-c,  --color when

Declare when to colorize search results:

auto

Colorize output when standard output is connected to terminal (default).

never

Do not colorize output.

always

Always colorize output.

-j,  --threads num

Set number of threads to use for searching & executing (default: number of available CPU cores).

-S,  --size size

Limit results based on the size of files using the format <+-><NUM><UNIT>

'+'

file size must be greater than or equal to this

'-'

file size must be less than or equal to this

If neither '+' nor '-' is specified, file size must be exactly equal to this.

'NUM'

The numeric size (e.g. 500)

'UNIT'

The units for NUM. They are not case-sensitive. Allowed unit values:

'b'

bytes

'k'

kilobytes (base ten, 10^3 = 1000 bytes)

'm'

megabytes

'g'

gigabytes

't'

terabytes

'ki'

kibibytes (base two, 2^10 = 1024 bytes)

'mi'

mebibytes

'gi'

gibibytes

'ti'

tebibytes

--changed-within date|duration

Filter results based on the file modification time. The argument can be provided as a specific point in time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) or as a duration (10h, 1d, 35min). --change-newer-than can be used as an alias.

Examples:
 --changed-within 2weeks
 --change-newer-than "2018-10-27 10:00:00"

--changed-before date|duration

Filter results based on the file modification time. The argument can be provided as a specific point in time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) or as a duration (10h, 1d, 35min). --change-older-than can be used as an alias.

Examples:
 --changed-before "2018-10-27 10:00:00"
 --change-older-than 2weeks

-o,  --owner [user][:group]

Filter files by their user and/or group. Format: [(user|uid)][:(group|gid)]. Either side is optional. Precede either side with a '!' to exclude files instead.

Examples:
 --owner john
 --owner :students
 --owner "!john:students"

--base-directory path

Change the current working directory of fd to the provided path. This means that search results will be shown with respect to the given base path. Note that relative paths which are passed to fd via the positional path argument or the --search-path option will also be resolved relative to this directory.

--path-separator separator

Set the path separator to use when printinf file paths. The default is the OS-specific separator ('/' on Unix, '\' on Windows).

--search-path search-path

Provide paths to search as an alternative to the positional path argument. Changes the usage to ´fd [FLAGS/OPTIONS] --search-path PATH --search-path PATH2 [PATTERN]´

-x,  --exec command

Execute command for each search result. The following placeholders are substituted by a path derived from the current search result:

{}

path

{/}

basename

{//}

parent directory

{.}

path without file extension

{/.}

basename without file extension

-X,  --exec-batch command

Execute 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:

{}

path

{/}

basename

{//}

parent directory

{.}

path without file extension

{/.}

basename without file extension

The regular expression syntax used by fd is documented here:

   https://docs.rs/regex/1.0.0/regex/#syntax

The glob syntax is documented here:

   https://docs.rs/globset/#syntax

LS_COLORS

Determines how to colorize search results, see dircolors(1).

NO_COLOR

Disables colorized output.

XDG_CONFIG_HOME, HOME

Used to locate the global ignore file. If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set, use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fd/ignore. Otherwise, use $HOME/.config/fd/ignore.

Find files and directories that match the pattern 'needle':

$ fd needle

Start a search in a given directory (/var/log):

$ fd nginx /var/log

Find all Python files (all files with the extention .py) in the current directory:

$ fd -e py

Open all search results with vim:

$ fd pattern -X vim

find(1)