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…flashing the right device every time. find is annoying, though. I'd encourage you to check out fd. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by j-james · 2021-04-09 · in Why do long options start with two dashes? (2019)

If anyone is looking for alternatives, try fd https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by thitcanh · 2021-04-09 · in Why do long options start with two dashes? (2019)

…I use gtop [3], which has the same interface, but was developed in Node instead of Rust. [1] https://github.com/sharkdp/fd [2] https://github.com/cjbassi/ytop [3] https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop

comment by guiambros · 2021-03-23 · in I use `exa` instead of `ls` on Linux

Terrible interface. Use fd https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by throwawybillion · 2021-03-17 · in Show HN: Useful Linux tool, Find wrapper in Bash script

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story by lsferreira42 · 2020-12-20 · 0 comments

fd ( https://github.com/sharkdp/fd ) is the best command line search utility IMO. Its crazy fast and always found what I was looking for. If you want a GUI alternative, check out Drill ( https://github.com/yatima1460/Drill ). Although the…

comment by shscs911 · 2020-12-02 · in Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz

You might find, https://github.com/sharkdp/fd to your liking. It is simple, intuitive, and very fast.

comment by jdowner · 2020-09-18 · in Kb: A minimalist hacker-oriented knowledge base manager

…setup: https://github.com/pavopax/dotfiles CLI tools: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/sharkdp/fd/ https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr EDIT: formatting

comment by antipaul · 2020-06-09 · in Ask HN: Which tools have made you a much better programmer?

…of things like "the silver searcher" ( https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher ) or "fd" ( https://github.com/sharkdp/fd ). And, Replace: with tools like sed ( https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/ ). These are really simple tools but…

comment by catears · 2020-06-09 · in Ask HN: Which tools have made you a much better programmer?

…`fd` [1] which is written in Rust and very fast alternative to `find` with a simpler syntax. 1. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by yewenjie · 2020-05-19 · in Linux Productivity Tools (2019) [pdf]

Throw in those, + fd[0] and rg[1] 0: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd 1: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

comment by jdxcode · 2020-05-03 · in Re: Integrating "safe" languages into OpenBSD? (2017)

…change over time and these tools simply havent kept up. Like the other user, I use Fd now instead: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd As well as Silver Searcher: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher while Grep performance is pretty…

comment by svnpenn · 2020-02-08 · in A common mistake involving wildcards and the find command

I used to do this until just replacing it with `fd`. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by manaskarekar · 2020-02-08 · in A common mistake involving wildcards and the find command

…more lately with tools like https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/sharkdp/bat https://github.com/sharkdp/fd and they work great on Windows (plus are easily installable by https://scoop.sh/ ). Hope the Windows story will…

comment by mpawelski · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees

Yeah so many CLI tools in Rust: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd/ https://github.com/sharkdp/bat https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/ogham/exa

comment by eerrt · 2020-01-09 · in Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees

Have you tried fd yet? it's more intuitive than find. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by ryloric · 2019-10-31 · in Ask HN: What software/app do you wish would exist?

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story by dceddia · 2019-08-04 · 3 comments

fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find. Install from https://github.com/sharkdp/fd/ . Example: to find all files with .md extension in current directory : fd -e md

comment by I_complete_me · 2019-07-22 · in Ask HN: What are some terminal tricks you wish you knew sooner?

…as it offers lots of filtering options right out of the box - much more useable than find imho. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by petepete · 2019-07-05 · in How FZF and ripgrep improved my workflow

…is anything we could to to improve fd's UX, it would be great if you could share it on GitHub: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd > Why separating the extension from the filename? Is this a default It does not need to be! You can just also just…

comment by sharkdp · 2019-05-31 · in Lsd: The next gen ls command

I'm assuming it's this - https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by thunderbong · 2019-05-21 · in Lsd: The next gen ls command

…) - autojump ( https://github.com/wting/autojump ) - jq ( https://stedolan.github.io/jq/ ) - fd ( https://github.com/sharkdp/fd )

comment by numbers · 2019-03-07 · in Writing a Book with Unix

There's also fd[1], which is written in rust and is super fast. [1] https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by robert_foss · 2019-02-27 · in Find Files (Ff) – File Search Utility in Rust

and you can also try fd https://github.com/sharkdp/fd (it works without index)

comment by homarp · 2019-01-07 · in Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows

two of my most used shell commands are "j" ( https://github.com/wting/autojump ) and "fd" ( https://github.com/sharkdp/fd ) Autojump makes it easy to quickly jump into any directory I've visited and then I can open my editor or Finder…

comment by jasim · 2018-11-24 · in Nnn – a terminal file manager for programmers

Just about every Rust cli app written by sharkdp: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd https://github.com/sharkdp/bat https://github.com/sharkdp/diskus https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine For viewing csv's as tabular, paged data from the…

comment by Dowwie · 2018-11-19 · in Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?

I suspect you'd also enjoy fd - https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by callahad · 2018-11-19 · in Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?

Hadn't heard of rg before, awesome! Perfect counterpart to sharkdp's alternative find: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by thsowers · 2018-09-09 · in XSV: A fast CSV command-line toolkit written in Rust

….com/folknor/4d7da1168497eae5eaf404f20c98... It requires a few lua modules and CLI tools, for example https://github.com/sharkdp/fd - like all the lua scripts I write for my own use. Also, now that I was going to post it, I went through my…

comment by folknor · 2018-07-05 · in Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos

Formatting: Written in Rust - fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' https://github.com/sharkdp/fd - ripgrep: ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep - exa:…

comment by zodiac · 2018-05-07 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite terminal programs?

Written in Rust: - fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' https://github.com/sharkdp/fd - ripgrep: ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep - exa: Replacement…

comment by Dowwie · 2018-05-07 · in Ask HN: What are your favorite terminal programs?

Been using ripgrep for a while now, I love it. One other Rust tool people might find useful is fd ( https://github.com/sharkdp/fd ) which is similar to find.

comment by VohuMana · 2018-02-23 · in Oxidizing Fedora: Try Rust and Its Applications Today

Looks like Fedora's missing fd https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

comment by abrowne · 2018-02-23 · in Oxidizing Fedora: Try Rust and Its Applications Today

…not entirely sure, yet, but I'd be happy to discuss this. A GitHub ticket would be the best place ( https://github.com/sharkdp/fd/issues ).

comment by sharkdp · 2017-10-08 · in Show HN: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find, written in Rust

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Show HN: Fd, a fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' (written in Rust)

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