sharkdp/fd

Allow to separate -x outputs with the match name

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#1,761 opened on Aug 1, 2025

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Description

Currently when using fd -x to execute a command on every match of what we look for with fd, if it's a command where the output and where does it come from matters, we should be able to know which result is associated with this output with a separator between them (ideally with a toggle on/off, probably defaulting to off to keep the default as it currently is).

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Locate the function that prints output for ` x` executions and identify where to insert a configurable separator line. Look at the command line argument parsing for a new flag.
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rust
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cli
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2
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Rust
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70