Tree (command)

tree command, available since the 90s, list contents of directories in a tree-like format and including JSON output support.

• man page: https://linux.die.net/man/1/tree
• Homepage: http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/
• Changelog: http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/changes.html

Installation

• Linux: apt install tree
• macOS: brew install tree

Commands

ubuntu@ubuntu-lts:~$ tree -f -h
.
├── [4.0K]  ./mydirectory1
│   ├── [   0]  ./mydirectory1/file1
│   ├── [   0]  ./mydirectory1/file2
│   ├── [   0]  ./mydirectory1/file3
│   ├── [   0]  ./mydirectory1/file4
│   └── [4.0K]  ./mydirectory1/letters
│       ├── [  13]  ./mydirectory1/letters/books
│       ├── [   0]  ./mydirectory1/letters/magazines
│       └── [   0]  ./mydirectory1/letters/readme
├── [4.0K]  ./mymovies
│   ├── [   0]  ./mymovies/comedy
│   ├── [   0]  ./mymovies/drama
│   ├── [   0]  ./mymovies/terror
│   └── [   0]  ./mymovies/thriller
└── [4.0K]  ./mytrips
    ├── [4.0K]  ./mytrips/mydirexample
    │   └── [   0]  ./mytrips/mydirexample/file.txt
    └── [4.0K]  ./mytrips/pictures
        ├── [   0]  ./mytrips/pictures/Australia
        ├── [   0]  ./mytrips/pictures/France
        ├── [   0]  ./mytrips/pictures/Germany
        ├── [   0]  ./mytrips/pictures/Japan
        └── [   0]  ./mytrips/pictures/USA

tree / -L1

Related commands

• pstree
• mc tree

See also

• du, du -hs, Disk space usage, df, ls, tree, find, docker system df, journalctl --disk-usage, No space left on device, ENOSPC, sar -F, growpart, resize2fs, ncdu, duf, dua-cli
• ls, find, tree, mc, attr, xattr, chmod, rclone lsd, lsdir, ls -1