Command-line tool

bfs

brew/bfs

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Breadth-first version of find

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install bfs

Linux

brew install bfs

Find files by extension

bfs path/to/directory -name '*.ext'

Find files matching multiple path/name patterns

bfs path/to/directory -path '**/path/**/*.ext' -or -name '*pattern*'

Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode

bfs path/to/directory -type d -iname '*lib*'

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