BashItOut

Linux Tree Command

tree is a handy little tool to visualise structures in a file system, from the command line. Here’s a basic Django project that we want to inspect:

tree

Tree’s not usually installed by default, but is in most distro’s package managers.

On Debian or Ubuntu based systems:

sudo apt-get install tree

And on Redhat, Fedora or CentOS based systems:

sudo yum install tree

Show only the directories:

tree -d

Show all files including hidden dot files:

tree -a

Limit the level or depth of recursion:

tree -L 2

You can filter files by pattern. It’s not quite regex power, but you can use:

* for none or more characters.

? for one character.

[] for character classes:

tree -P "*s.py"

And, of course, you can mix multiple options together:

tree -daL 2

Tags: Linux