Minimalitic `find` using breadth first crawling. The entire invocation syntax is: bfind [--xdev] [--hardlinks] [--symlinks] \ [--visible] [--print0] [--] DIRECTORY With --xdev crawling will not be restricted to one mount point. With --hardlinks bfind will be hardlink aware on directories. With --symlinks bfind will visit directories symlinks points, and directories will never be revisited. Visited directories will be memorised by absolute real path name. With --visible not files starting with a dot will be listed. Short option alternatives: -x --xdev -h --hardlinks -s --symlinks -v --visible -0 --print0 Short options can be combined Each link will always start with DIRECTORY. Why bfind? While bfind is not as fast as find, it will probably give your results faster if you are looking for a file (not list files), becuase the file you are looking for is probably near the directory you are searching from.