Meet 'fd': The Faster, Smarter 'find' Command Alternative

Mar 21, 2025
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Summary

Introducing 'fd', a powerful and intuitive replacement for the 'find' command, offering parallelized directory traversal, smart case-sensitivity, colored output, and the ability to execute commands on search results, making file searching faster and more efficient.

Key Points

  • fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to the 'find' command
  • It provides sensible defaults for common use cases and supports regular expressions, globs, and colored output
  • Key features include parallelized directory traversal, smart case-sensitivity, ignoring of hidden/ignored files, and command execution on results

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