What is Linux for the MS-DOS tree command?

Question

tree

List a tree listing of the current drive. Below is a basic example of what a directory may look like.

C:.
├───Common
├───Director
├───Flash
├───Shockwave 8
│ ├───DswMedia
│ ├───Prefs
│ └───Xtras
└───update

Simon P Stevens · Answer 1 · 2010-01-16 03:33:18Z

There is also a Linux command tree. But it doesn't always come pre installed.

If you are using Ubuntu (or a Debian based distro) you can install the tree command by typing

sudo apt-get install tree

Or for other distros or if you want the source code, you can check out the Tree homepage

[If you're interested, it's written by a guy called Steve Baker and his site is here]

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