fd man page

• Find files matching the given pattern in the current directory: fd pattern
• Find files that begin with "foo": fd '^foo'
• Find files with a specific extension: fd --extension txt
• Find files in a specific directory: fd pattern path/to/dir
• Include ignored and hidden files in the search: fd --hidden --no-ignore pattern

tldr.sh

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 or .fdignore files.

--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 seach (default). This can be used to override --glob.

-F, --fixed-strings

Treat the pattern as a literal string instead of a regular expression.

-a, --absolute-path

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

-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.

--show-errors

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

-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.

-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

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.

-E, --exclude pattern

Exclude files/directories that match the given glob pattern. This overrides any other ignore logic. Multiple exclude patterns can be specified.

--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

'NUM'

The numeric size (e.g. 500)

'UNIT'

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

'b'

bytes

'k'

kilobytes

'm'

megabytes

'g'

gigabytes

't'

terabytes

'ki'

kibibytes

'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

-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

LS_COLORS

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

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)