Another MIT licensed rust copycat… I rather stick to GNU, but thanks.
One thing I like about knowing
find(andgrepfor that matter) is that you know it will be installed everywhere. It makes working on remote servers so much easier, especially if you can’t install any new packages with your user permissions.Even without install permissions, as a non-root user you can grab binaries generally. Store them in
~/.local/binand add them to your $PATH via~/.bashrc.I’ve been using bin for a few weeks now and find it great for situations like this. Grab the binary, put it in your $PATH. Then just grab binaries from Github;
bin install github.com/sharkdp/fdand it plops the binary in your~/.local/binfolder. Works for updates, too;~ ❯ bin Path Version URL Status C:\Utilities\exe\ag.exe v2.2.0 github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher OK C:\Utilities\exe\aria2c.exe release-1.37.0 github.com/aria2/aria2 OK C:\Utilities\exe\atto.exe v1.6.0 github.com/codesoap/atto OK C:\Utilities\exe\bat.exe v0.25.0 github.com/sharkdp/bat OK C:\Utilities\exe\blush.exe v0.6.0 github.com/arsham/blush OK C:\Utilities\exe\ccat.exe v1.1.0 github.com/owenthereal/ccat OK C:\Utilities\exe\croc.exe v10.2.1 github.com/schollz/croc OK C:\Utilities\exe\dog.exe v1.0.5 github.com/mr-karan/doggo OK C:\Utilities\exe\fd.exe v10.2.0 github.com/sharkdp/fd OK C:\Utilities\exe\feeless.exe v0.1.11 github.com/feeless/feeless OK C:\Utilities\exe\fetch.exe 2.38.0 github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch OK C:\Utilities\exe\fzf.exe v0.60.3 github.com/junegunn/fzf OK C:\Utilities\exe\gdu.exe v5.30.1 github.com/dundee/gdu OK C:\Utilities\exe\gh.exe v2.68.1 github.com/cli/cli OK C:\Utilities\exe\git-absorb.exe 0.7.0 https://github.com/tummychow/git-absorb/releases/tag/0.7.0 OK C:\Utilities\exe\glow.exe v2.1.0 github.com/charmbracelet/glow OK C:\Utilities\exe\gum.exe v0.16.0 https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum/releases/tag/v0.16.0 OK C:\Utilities\exe\ht.exe v0.7.0 github.com/nojima/httpie-go OK C:\Utilities\exe\jo.exe 1.9 github.com/jpmens/jo OK C:\Utilities\exe\jq.exe jq-1.7.1 github.com/stedolan/jq OK C:\Utilities\exe\jsonfmt.exe v0.5.1 github.com/caarlos0/jsonfmt/ OK C:\Utilities\exe\just.exe 1.40.0 https://github.com/casey/just/releases/tag/1.40.0 OK C:\Utilities\exe\less.exe v0.39.0 github.com/noborus/ov OK C:\Utilities\exe\llm.exe v2.9.1 github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt OK C:\Utilities\exe\lsd.exe v1.1.5 github.com/lsd-rs/lsd OK C:\Utilities\exe\more.exe v1.31.4 github.com/walles/moar OK C:\Utilities\exe\nyaa.exe v0.9.1 github.com/beastwick18/nyaa OK C:\Utilities\exe\ptr.exe v0.13.0 github.com/8lwxpg/ptr OK C:\Utilities\exe\rain.exe v2.2.0 github.com/cenkalti/rain OK C:\Utilities\exe\rclone.exe v1.69.1 github.com/rclone/rclone OK C:\Utilities\exe\rg.exe 14.1.1 github.com/burntsushi/ripgrep OK C:\Utilities\exe\ruff.exe 0.11.0 https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/releases/tag/0.11.0 OK C:\Utilities\exe\updo.exe v0.1.2 github.com/owloops/updo OK C:\Utilities\exe\upx.exe v5.0.0 github.com/upx/upx OK C:\Utilities\exe\verco.exe v6.12.0 github.com/vamolessa/verco OK C:\Utilities\exe\wget.exe v2.1.0 github.com/rockdaboot/wget2 OK C:\Utilities\exe\xhs.exe v0.24.0 github.com/ducaale/xh OK C:\Utilities\exe\yazi.exe v25.3.2 github.com/sxyazi/yazi OK C:\Utilities\exe\yt-dlp.exe 2025.02.19 github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp OK C:\Utilities\exe\zoxide.exe v0.9.7 github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide OK C:\Utilities\exe\zstd.exe v1.5.7 github.com/facebook/zstd OK ~ ❯ bin update • C:\Utilities\exe\gh.exe v2.68.1 -> v2.69.0 (https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.69.0) • C:\Utilities\exe\fetch.exe 2.38.0 -> 2.39.0 (https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/releases/tag/2.39.0) Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y • Getting 2.39.0 release for fastfetch-cli/fastfetch • Starting download of https://api.github.com/repos/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/releases/assets/239099770 5.16 MiB / 5.16 MiB [-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100.00% 258.35 MiB p/s 1s • Copying for fastfetch.exe@2.39.0 into C:\Utilities\exe\fetch.exe • Done updating C:\Utilities\exe\fetch.exe to 2.39.0 • Getting v2.69.0 release for cli/cli • Starting download of https://api.github.com/repos/cli/cli/releases/assets/238925019 12.76 MiB / 12.76 MiB [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100.00% 312.04 MiB p/s 0s • Copying for gh.exe@v2.69.0 into C:\Utilities\exe\gh.exe • Done updating C:\Utilities\exe\gh.exe to v2.69.0I was cursed with FD on my first Linux machine and now it’s one of the first things I download when I set up a new machine :(
Use whatever works for you!
I have always hated ‘find’ with the non-standard options. Basic RegEx is easy to use and fd became a firm favourite from the off.
One of my favorite alternatives to the default commands.
Made by a rockstar dev who also created
bat.fd is in all of my environments.
Recently discovered Television.
Also a great way to confuse a command with a floppy disk drive.
