fd-type

fd [-t|--type filetype]... [options] [pattern] [path...]

fd --type (short -t) restricts a search with the fd file finder to one or more entry types. There is no separate fd-type binary. On Debian and Ubuntu the same program is often installed as fdfind, and the flag is the same: fdfind -t f.Hidden entries and gitignore patterns stay out of the results unless you pass --hidden or --no-ignore. The search pattern is still a regex matched against the file name, not a glob, unless you pass --glob.Repeat the flag to combine types. --type file --type symlink prints regular files and symbolic links. executable works differently: --type executable implies regular files, so it does not also list directories that happen to be executable. empty matches empty files and empty directories until you add file or directory beside it.

-t filetype, --type filetype

Keep entries of this type. Repeat the flag to include more than one type. Short forms may be joined to the letter (-tf, -td).

Regular files

Directories

Symbolic links

Block devices

Character devices

Sockets

Named pipes (FIFOs)

Executable files. Implies file

Empty files and empty directories, unless file or directory is also set

Type the flag on fd or fdfind. There is no fd-type command. executable implies file. empty covers both empty files and empty directories until you narrow it. A default search still skips hidden paths and does not follow symlinked directories, so device nodes, sockets, and pipes are easy to miss under /dev without --hidden and a path.

fd(1), fdfind(1), find(1)

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