# 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.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/fd-fast-file-finder-cli` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/fd-fast-file-finder-cli`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/fd-fast-file-finder-cli/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/fd-fast-file-finder-cli

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# 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/)