Linux Using fd

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It is not meant to replace find or have all its utilities.

It can be used in scenarios where you need to find things quickly It comes with sensible defaults

  • brew install fd
  • Ignores hidden directories and files by default and the patters from .gitignore
  • By default finds both files and directories
  • fd PATTERN == find . -iname "*PATTERN*"
    • By default finds both directories and files.
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  • Smart case: the search is case-insensitive by default.
    • It switches to case-sensitive if the pattern contains an uppercase character.
  • Regular expression: 
    fd '^x.*rc$' // beginning with x/X and ending with .*rc
X11/xinit/xinitrc
X11/xinit/xserverrc
  • Specifying a root directory: Second argument 
    > fd passwd /etc
/etc/default/passwd
/etc/pam.d/passwd
/etc/passwd
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  • Searching for a file extension 
    > fd -e md
CONTRIBUTING.md
README.md
  • Searching a specific file or folder 
    > fd -g libc.so /usr
/usr/lib32/libc.so
/usr/lib/libc.so
  • Hidden and Ignore files:
    • -H for hidden files
    • -I for .gitignore 
      > fd pre-commit
> fd -H pre-commit
.git/hooks/pre-commit.sample

Last updated: 2022-06-14