> But the killer feature for me is the `-x` argument. It allows calling another command on the individual search result, which `find` can also do with `xargs` and co. But `fd` provide a very nice placeholder syntax[0], which remove the need to mess with `basename` and co. to parse the filename and make a new one, and it executes in parallel. For example, it makes converting a batch of image a fast and readable one line : `fd -e jpg -x cjxl {} {.}.jxl`
That was inherited from find, it has "-exec". Even uses the same placeholder, {}, though I'm not sure about {.}
`find` only support `{}`, it does not support `{/}`, `{//}`, `{.}` etc, which is why you often need to do some parsing magic to replicate basic thing such has "the full path without the extension`, `only the filename without the extension` etc
I think GNU parallel has similar placeholders, but I do prefer to just use `fd`.
I think it does, and tbf, `fd` is bascially `find` + `parallel`, but I do find that it is nice that it is just one tool and I don't need GNU parrallel :)