Tree listing

ssnodgra · 02-03-2006, 12:30 PM

Hey guys I am trying to get a nice and neatly formated listing of a directory. Something similare to the old DOS tree command with the lines and everything. ls -lR gets everything but it is hard to read. Does anyone know of a way to format it out.

Thanks in advamce

haertig · 02-03-2006, 02:27 PM

You didn't specify which distro you're running, so it may or may not be installed, but "tree" will do what you want (I think). Your distro may have a package you can install via apt-get, rpm, or whatever package manager it supports.

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Or you can download and install tree from here:

http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/

Here's an example of it's output:

http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/00Tree.html

pixellany · 02-03-2006, 03:18 PM

Have you looked at Midnight Commander? I dont have it on this box, so I'm relying on fuzzy mental images--It think it does some of what you seek.