$TREE The $ tree command is a shell (Unix/Linux/macOS) command used to display the directory structure of a path or the current working directory as a tree. It gives a visual representation of folders and subfolders in a nested format.

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📌 Basic Usage

$ tree

This will recursively list directories and files in the current directory in a tree-like format.

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🔧 Example Output

$ tree
.
├── file1.txt
├── dir1
│ ├── file2.txt
│ └── subdir1
│ └── file3.txt
└── dir2
└── file4.txt

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✅ Useful Options

Option Description
-L <n> Limit display to <n> levels of directories.
-d List directories only.
-a Show hidden files (those starting with .).
-f Print full path for each file.
--dirsfirst List directories before files.
-h Print sizes in human-readable format.

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📦 Install tree (if not already installed)
• Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install tree

• Fedora:

sudo dnf install tree

• macOS (with Homebrew):

brew install tree

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Let me know if you want help visualizing a specific directory or want to combine it with other shell commands!