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@ -147,10 +147,13 @@ provides two ways to execute external commands for each of your search results:
#### Examples
Recursively find all zip archives and unpack them in parallel:
Recursively find all zip archives and unpack them:
``` bash
fd -e zip -x unzip
```
If there are two such files, `file1.zip` and `backup/file2.zip`, this would execute
`unzip file1.zip` and `unzip backup/file2.zip`. The two `unzip` processes run in parallel
(if the files are found fast enough).
Find all `*.h` and `*.cpp` files and auto-format them inplace with `clang-format -i`:
``` bash
@ -163,10 +166,11 @@ Find all `test_*.py` files and open them in your favorite editor:
``` bash
fd -g 'test_*.py' -X vim
```
Note that we use capital `-X` here to open a single `vim` instance, with all search results as
arguments.
Note that we use capital `-X` here to open a single `vim` instance. If there are two such files,
`test_basic.py` and `lib/test_advanced.py`, this will run `vim test_basic.py lib/test_advanced.py`.
See details like file permissions, owners, file sizes etc. by running `ls -l`:
To see details like file permissions, owners, file sizes etc., you can tell `fd` to show them
by running `ls` for each result:
``` bash
fd … -X ls -lhd --color=always
```