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Pablo Ezequiel Inchausti
Asked: 2020-03-01 19:46:45 +0800 CST 2020-03-01 19:46:45 +0800 CST

In Linux, can directories be displayed in tree form?

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Is there a simple way in Linux so that, when listing the files and directories, it will show me the directories organized in a tree structure?

For example:

Dir1
--> file1 
--> file2
--> Dir2
    --> file2.1
Dir2
--> file3

From already thank you very much.

linux

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    To see the directory structure in the form of a tree you have the utility tree, which is not usually installed by default in most distributions.

    Its installation from repositories depends on the base distribution used. For ubuntu/debian:

    $ sudo apt-get install tree    # Ubuntu    
$ sudo aptitude install tree    # Debian

    The most useful commands are usually:

    $ tree        # Muestra directorios y ficheros
$ tree -d     # Muestra sólo directorios
$ tree -L X   # Muestra hasta X directorios de profundidad

    Both options can be combined. You can see a more complete list of its functions in the online man page or by using said command:

    $ man tree

    On MAC OS X you can use this tool through Homebrew .

    Install Homebrew:

    /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

    Install tree:

    brew install tree
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  2. With findyou can also get the desired information:

    find <directorio> -type d

    And you can format the output to view the information in tree mode with sed:

    find <directorio> -type d | sed -e 's;[^/]*/;|____;g;s;____|; |;g'

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  3. If it is more about the information than the visual format, without installing packages it ls -Rallows you to list contents recursively (-R).

    root@box:/etc/dpkg# ls -Rl
.:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  446 Jun 13  2013 dpkg.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 15  2014 dpkg.cfg.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 11 04:13 origins
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  260 Jun 13  2013 shlibs.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  253 Jun 13  2013 shlibs.override

./dpkg.cfg.d:
total 0

./origins:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  82 Feb 20  2014 debian
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   6 Apr 15  2014 default -> ubuntu
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114 Feb 20  2014 ubuntu
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