title	category	layout
fd	Linux	2017/sheet

fd

Basic

Fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find, implement with Rust.

# find markdown files on _docs folder
fd -e md `pwd`/_docs
# find file with kubernetes prefix on ~/Documents
fd '^kubernetes*' ~/Documents

Using fd with xargs

fd -e md -d 1 | xargs wc -l

Count lines number of markdown files on current directory.

fd [FLAGS/OPTIONS] [<pattern>] [<path>]

Express	Example	Description
-d, --max-depth	-d 3	Set maximum search depth (default: none)
-t, --type	-t f	Filter by type: f(ile), d(irectory), (sym)l(ink)
-e, --extension	-e md	Filter by file extension
-x, --exec ...	-x unzip	Execute a command for each search result
-E, --exclude ...	-E '^test'	Exclude entries that match the given glob pattern.
-c, --color	-c never	When to use colors: never, auto, always
-j, --threads	-j 3	Set number of threads to use for searching & executing