fd

fd is a filesystem search CLI that finds files and directories by name or path, then narrows results with ignore rules and metadata filters. It covers the common cases where find feels verbose, while still letting you hand matches off to other shell commands.

• Find files or directories by regex, glob, exact string, or full path while respecting .gitignore, .ignore, .fdignore, and hidden-file defaults.
• Narrow large trees by type, extension, depth, size, modified time, owner, or custom exclude rules before taking follow-up action.
• Feed matches into other commands with --exec or --exec-batch, or emit null-delimited and templated path output for pipelines such as xargs, rm, rg, or formatters.

• Non-interactive flags, predictable stdout, --print0, --format, and --quiet exit behavior make it easy to slot into search, select, and verify loops.
• There is no real JSON mode, so agents have to parse paths, long listings, or custom templates rather than structured records.
• Best as a local filesystem primitive inside broader workflows: locate the right files first, then hand them to editors, linters, search tools, or destructive commands deliberately.

• By default it skips hidden files and ignore-matched paths, which is convenient for humans but easy to miss in automation unless -H, -I, or -u is set deliberately.
• --exec runs matches in parallel and --exec-batch does not guarantee argument order, so follow-up commands should not depend on traversal order.