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`fd --help`
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A program to find entries in your filesystem | |
Usage: fd.exe [OPTIONS] [pattern] [path]... | |
Arguments: | |
[pattern] | |
the search pattern which is either a regular expression (default) or a glob pattern (if | |
--glob is used). If no pattern has been specified, every entry is considered a match. If | |
your pattern starts with a dash (-), make sure to pass '--' first, or it will be | |
considered as a flag (fd -- '-foo'). | |
[path]... | |
The directory where the filesystem search is rooted (optional). If omitted, search the | |
current working directory. | |
Options: | |
-H, --hidden | |
Include hidden directories and files in the search results (default: hidden files and | |
directories are skipped). Files and directories are considered to be hidden if their | |
name starts with a `.` sign (dot). Any files or directories that are ignored due to the | |
rules described by --no-ignore are still ignored unless otherwise specified. The flag | |
can be overridden with --no-hidden. | |
-I, --no-ignore | |
Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by | |
'.gitignore', '.ignore', '.fdignore', the global ignore file, or the default rule that | |
excludes .git/. The flag can be overridden with --ignore. | |
--no-ignore-vcs | |
Show search results from '.git/' folders and files and directories that would otherwise | |
be ignored by '.gitignore' files. The flag can be overridden with --ignore-vcs. | |
--no-require-git | |
Do not require a git repository to respect gitignores. By default, fd will only respect | |
global gitignore rules, .gitignore rules, and local exclude rules if fd detects that you | |
are searching inside a git repository. This flag allows you to relax this restriction | |
such that fd will respect all git related ignore rules regardless of whether you're | |
searching in a git repository or not. | |
This flag can be disabled with --require-git. | |
--no-ignore-parent | |
Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by | |
'.gitignore', '.ignore', or '.fdignore' files in parent directories. | |
-u, --unrestricted... | |
Perform an unrestricted search, including ignored and hidden files. This is an alias for | |
'--no-ignore --hidden'. | |
-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'. | |
--and <pattern> | |
Add additional required search patterns, all of which must be matched. Multiple | |
additional patterns can be specified. The patterns are regular expressions, unless | |
'--glob' or '--fixed-strings' is used. | |
-a, --absolute-path | |
Shows the full path starting from the root as opposed to relative paths. The flag can be | |
overridden with --relative-path. | |
-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. Flag can be overridden with --no-follow. | |
-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 (absolute) path. Example: | |
fd --glob -p '**/.git/config' | |
-0, --print0 | |
Separate search results by the null character (instead of newlines). Useful for piping | |
results to 'xargs'. | |
-d, --max-depth <depth> | |
Limit the directory traversal to a given depth. By default, there is no limit on the | |
search depth. | |
--min-depth <depth> | |
Only show search results starting at the given depth. See also: '--max-depth' and | |
'--exact-depth' | |
--exact-depth <depth> | |
Only show search results at the exact given depth. This is an alias for '--min-depth | |
<depth> --max-depth <depth>'. | |
-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 | |
--prune | |
Do not traverse into directories that match the search criteria. If you want to exclude | |
specific directories, use the '--exclude=…' option. | |
-t, --type <filetype> | |
Filter the search by type: | |
'f' or 'file': regular files | |
'd' or 'directory': directories | |
'l' or 'symlink': symbolic links | |
's' or 'socket': socket | |
'p' or 'pipe': named pipe (FIFO) | |
'b' or 'block-device': block device | |
'c' or 'char-device': character device | |
'x' or 'executable': executables | |
'e' or 'empty': empty files or directories | |
This option can be specified more than once to include multiple file types. Searching | |
for '--type file --type symlink' will show both regular files as well as symlinks. Note | |
that the 'executable' and 'empty' filters work differently: '--type executable' implies | |
'--type file' by default. And '--type empty' searches for empty files and directories, | |
unless either '--type file' or '--type directory' is specified in addition. | |
Examples: | |
- Only search for files: | |
fd --type file … | |
fd -tf … | |
- Find both files and symlinks | |
fd --type file --type symlink … | |
fd -tf -tl … | |
- Find executable files: | |
fd --type executable | |
fd -tx | |
- Find empty files: | |
fd --type empty --type file | |
fd -te -tf | |
- Find empty directories: | |
fd --type empty --type directory | |
fd -te -td | |
-e, --extension <ext> | |
(Additionally) filter search results by their file extension. Multiple allowable file | |
extensions can be specified. | |
If you want to search for files without extension, you can use the regex '^[^.]+$' as a | |
normal search pattern. | |
-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|dur> | |
Filter results based on the file modification time. Files with modification times | |
greater than the argument are returned. The argument can be provided as a specific point | |
in time (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) or as a duration (10h, 1d, 35min). If the time is not | |
specified, it defaults to 00:00:00. '--change-newer-than', '--newer', or | |
'--changed-after' can be used as aliases. | |
Examples: | |
--changed-within 2weeks | |
--change-newer-than '2018-10-27 10:00:00' | |
--newer 2018-10-27 | |
--changed-after 1day | |
--changed-before <date|dur> | |
Filter results based on the file modification time. Files with modification times less | |
than the argument are returned. 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' or | |
'--older' can be used as aliases. | |
Examples: | |
--changed-before '2018-10-27 10:00:00' | |
--change-older-than 2weeks | |
--older 2018-10-27 | |
-x, --exec <cmd>... | |
Execute a command for each search result in parallel (use --threads=1 for sequential | |
command execution). There is no guarantee of the order commands are executed in, and the | |
order should not be depended upon. All positional arguments following --exec are | |
considered to be arguments to the command - not to fd. It is therefore recommended to | |
place the '-x'/'--exec' option last. | |
The following placeholders are substituted before the command is executed: | |
'{}': path (of the current search result) | |
'{/}': basename | |
'{//}': parent directory | |
'{.}': path without file extension | |
'{/.}': basename without file extension | |
'{{': literal '{' (for escaping) | |
'}}': literal '}' (for escaping) | |
If no placeholder is present, an implicit "{}" at the end is assumed. | |
Examples: | |
- find all *.zip files and unzip them: | |
fd -e zip -x unzip | |
- find *.h and *.cpp files and run "clang-format -i .." for each of them: | |
fd -e h -e cpp -x clang-format -i | |
- Convert all *.jpg files to *.png files: | |
fd -e jpg -x convert {} {.}.png | |
-X, --exec-batch <cmd>... | |
Execute the given command once, with all search results as arguments. | |
The order of the arguments is non-deterministic, and should not be relied upon. | |
One of the following placeholders is substituted before the command is executed: | |
'{}': path (of all search results) | |
'{/}': basename | |
'{//}': parent directory | |
'{.}': path without file extension | |
'{/.}': basename without file extension | |
'{{': literal '{' (for escaping) | |
'}}': literal '}' (for escaping) | |
If no placeholder is present, an implicit "{}" at the end is assumed. | |
Examples: | |
- Find all test_*.py files and open them in your favorite editor: | |
fd -g 'test_*.py' -X vim | |
- Find all *.rs files and count the lines with "wc -l ...": | |
fd -e rs -X wc -l | |
--batch-size <size> | |
Maximum number of arguments to pass to the command given with -X. If the number of | |
results is greater than the given size, the command given with -X is run again with | |
remaining arguments. A batch size of zero means there is no limit (default), but note | |
that batching might still happen due to OS restrictions on the maximum length of command | |
lines. | |
[default: 0] | |
--ignore-file <path> | |
Add a custom ignore-file in '.gitignore' format. These files have a low precedence. | |
-c, --color <when> | |
Declare when to use color for the pattern match output | |
[default: auto] | |
Possible values: | |
- auto: show colors if the output goes to an interactive console (default) | |
- always: always use colorized output | |
- never: do not use colorized output | |
-j, --threads <num> | |
Set number of threads to use for searching & executing (default: number of available CPU | |
cores) | |
--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'. | |
-q, --quiet | |
When the flag is present, the program does not print anything and will return with an | |
exit code of 0 if there is at least one match. Otherwise, the exit code will be 1. | |
'--has-results' can be used as an alias. | |
--show-errors | |
Enable the display of filesystem errors for situations such as insufficient permissions | |
or dead symlinks. | |
--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 printing 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 [OPTIONS] --search-path <path> --search-path <path2> [<pattern>]` | |
--strip-cwd-prefix | |
By default, relative paths are prefixed with './' when -x/--exec, -X/--exec-batch, or | |
-0/--print0 are given, to reduce the risk of a path starting with '-' being treated as a | |
command line option. Use this flag to disable this behaviour. | |
--one-file-system | |
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 (see a summary with '-h') | |
-V, --version | |
Print version |
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