Pretty Fast Find (pff) is a command-line file search utility.
It’s designed as an iterative, multithreaded alternative to the traditional find command, using breadth-first directory traversal to locate matching files and directories. The tool includes built-in filtering, sorting, and output labelling, reducing the need to pipe results through additional command-line utilities.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Performs breadth-first iterative directory traversal.
- Uses multithreading to speed up filesystem searches.
- Supports regular expression matching against file names.
- Includes built-in filtering for refining search results.
- Offers sorting options for controlling output order.
- Can label results with file and path properties.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and macOS.
Website: github.com/pericles-tpt/pretty_fast_find
Support:
Developer: pericles-tpt
License: MIT License
pff is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Alternatives to find | |
|---|---|
| fd | Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' |
| fzf | General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder |
| bfind | Minimalistic find using breadth-first crawling |
| ffind | Sane replacement for command line file search |
| friendly-find | Friendly file finder |
| bfs | Breadth-first search for your files |
| fselect | Find files with SQL-like queries |
| treegrep | Pattern matcher frontend or backend |
| findpick | General purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder |
| rawhide | Find files using pretty C expressions |
| scooter | Interactive find-and-replace terminal UI app |
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