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This isn't directly comparable, `fd` will find files with `X` in the name, but the `rg` alias will find all paths with `X` in it.

Eg,

    λ mkdir wing && touch wing/xwing.exe wing/tie.exe

    λ fd wing
    wing/
    wing/xwing.exe

    λ rg --files | rg wing
    wing/tie.exe
    wing/xwing.exe


I guess you're right. Isn't the former more useful in general? I find myself reaching for `:Rg` in Vim much more often than `:Files` or `:GFiles` courtesy of fzf.


They're just completely different tools.

The other day I was searching for a PDF I downloaded three years ago from a certain company.

Simply ran `find ~/Downloads -iname '<company-name>'` and it immediately popped up.

rg would not have helped me there. Even if I used something like rga, it would have taken significantly longer to parse the contents of every file in my home directory.




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