Fd Fast File Finder Cli

---
name: "fd Fast File Finder CLI"
slug: "fd-fast-file-finder-cli"
description: "A fast and user-friendly alternative to the find command, written in Rust. fd provides intuitive syntax, regex and glob support, colorized output, parallel execution, and automatic .gitignore awareness."
github_stars: 42280
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/sharkdp/fd"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "sharkdp/fd"
  github_stars: 42280
---

# fd Fast File Finder CLI

A fast and user-friendly alternative to the find command, written in Rust. fd provides intuitive syntax, regex and glob support, colorized output, parallel execution, and automatic .gitignore awareness.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Make sure that $HOME/.local/bin is in your $PATH.
- brew install fd
- npm install -g fd-find
- cargo install fd-find

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Software/python/imdb-ratings/netflix-details.py

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- First, to get an overview of all available command line options, you can either run
- run *fd* with a single argument: the search pattern. For example, assume that you want to find an
- unzip file1.zip and unzip backup/file2.zip. The two unzip processes run in parallel

- Source: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sharkdp/fd/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/fd-fast-file-finder-cli/)