Fd
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A simple, fast, and user-friendly alternative to find
About
fd is a program for finding entries in the file system, a simpler, faster, and more user-friendly alternative to the traditional find command. It does not support all of find's features, but provides sensible defaults for common use cases.
Features
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Intuitive syntax: simple to use in the form fd PATTERN (easier than find -iname 'PATTERN')
- Supports regular expressions and glob patterns
- Fast performance through parallel directory traversal
- Color highlighting by file type (similar to ls)
- Supports parallel command execution
- Smart case: case-insensitive by default, case-sensitive when the pattern contains an uppercase letter
- Ignores hidden files and directories by default
- Ignores .gitignore patterns by default
- The command name is 50% shorter than find