print only filename

[apprehensions]

What version of fd are you using?
fd 8.4.0

to put it simply, i just want the filename .
eg. instead of /home/user/file i would like file.

i know this is possible via --exec (personally i think it would be slower because it is executing a seperate binary of some sort.), but seeing how find has it using printf or using basename but isn't there a cleaner way? or rather a solution?

[tavianator]

Like you said, it's possible with --exec, or better, --exec-multi:

$ fd -X printf '%s\n' {/}

But you're right, it is slower than find -printf:

Command	Mean [ms]	Min [ms]	Max [ms]	Relative
fd -uu -X printf '%s\n' {/}	223.5 ± 4.3	214.5	227.4	3.40 ± 0.08
find -printf '%f\n' >/dev/null	87.7 ± 1.0	86.0	90.1	1.33 ± 0.02
bfs -printf '%f\n' >/dev/null	65.7 ± 0.9	64.2	68.4	1.00

However, I'm not sure what level of customizability is worth adding to fd. I could imagine reusing the placeholders from --exec:

$ fd --format {/}

[tmccombs]

I like the idea of a format option that uses the same template syntax as exec

[sharkdp]

I like the idea of a format option that uses the same template syntax as exec

Would the syntax be --format <placeholder>, or could users supply arbitrary strings that would include a placeholder pattern. As in --format 'found file {/} in directory {//}'?

[tmccombs]

The latter, i think.

[balta2ar]

My use-case for customizable output format is to find & print N last created/modified files:

$ find -type f -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %Tr %p\n' | sort -r | head -3
2022-06-25 03:28:06 PM ./gn-m85/style_guide.md
2022-06-25 03:28:06 PM ./gn-m85/standalone.md
2022-06-25 03:28:06 PM ./gn-m85/reference.md

[Robert-Ernst]

Why such an obvious request is still not implemented?
I will never remember to type fd -X printf '%s\n' {/} just to get only the filename.
If fd want to be better than find, then maybe implement features which are convenient.

[tmccombs]

It's mostly implemented in #1043 (comment).

The next step is benchmarking it, which I haven't gotten around to. Partly because I'm not confident in my benchmarking skills.