How to find broken links with fd?

[davecoutts]

I would like to find broken links ... fast, using fd.

Is there an equvilent to find /blah -xtype -l in fd?

[sharkdp]

We don't really support this as a special feature, but you can actually use the -tl/--type=symlinkoption to discover broken symlinks if you combine it with -L/--follow:

fd --type=symlink --follow

or in short:

fd -tl -L  # or even fd -Ltl

But note that this will follow valid symlinks while searching. You can combine this with other options such as --hidden, --no-ignore, etc.

[davecoutts]

Thanks for the guidance David. I will give -Ltl a try.

[UnkwUsr]

@sharkdp I believe this should be documented (probably in description of -L flag, that it changes behavior of -tl) (I'm not rising PR as I'm not feeling my language skill good enough for writing docs :( )