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		abledon on March 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So you've installed `fzf` – now what? if the article is saying to use 'fzf' to fuzzy-find things, why do we want to install 'fd' to multi-thread find things alongside fzf ? nvm. tutorial explains https://youtu.be/qgG5Jhi_Els?t=400

MayeulC on March 23, 2023 [–]

Just to explain a bit more... fzf is able to fuzzy-search a list for the input string. When it shows a list of directories, it relies on `find` to do so.

fzf is also more suited to interactive search, while fd is more of a "give me a list" thing.

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