Generate directory trees in your terminal

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tree -CI "node_modules|build"
# -C to enable colors
# -I to not list files that match the pattern "node_modules|build"

Table of contents

Example

.
├── Dockerfile
├── README.md
├── app
│   ├── components
│   │   ├── illustrations
│   │   │   ├── undraw-bug-fixing.tsx
│   │   │   └── undraw-not-found.tsx
│   │   ├── my-age.tsx
│   │   ├── newsletter-form.tsx
│   │   └── typography.tsx
│   ├── entry.client.tsx
│   ├── entry.server.tsx
│   ├── geneate-styles.server.tsx
│   ├── generate-styles.server.tsx
│   ├── root.tsx
│   ├── routes
│   │   ├── $lang
│   │   │   ├── $slug.tsx
│   │   │   ├── index.tsx
│   │   │   └── todos.tsx
│   │   ├── $lang.tsx
│   │   └── index.tsx
│   ├── styles
│   │   ├── dark.css
│   │   ├── demos
│   │   │   ├── about.css
│   │   │   └── remix.css
│   │   ├── global.css
│   │   ├── prism-plus.css
│   │   ├── prism-theme.css
│   │   └── tailwind.css
│   ├── utils
│   │   ├── compile-mdx.server.ts
│   │   ├── error-responses.ts
│   │   ├── get-fly-deply-version.ts
│   │   ├── get-total-path-visits.ts
│   │   └── mdx.server.ts
│   └── utils.server.tsx
├── config.ts
├── content
│   ├── bookmarks
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── deno-run-cmd-arguments
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── failed-to-resolve-fs-or-path-in-remix
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── generate-directory-trees-in-your-terminal
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── gracefully-close-sub-subprocess-using-signals-in-deno
│   │   ├── cover_gracefully-close-sub-subprocess-using-signals-in-deno_s.png
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── how-to-add-canonical-url-to-remix
│   │   ├── cover_canonical-urls-remix_s.png
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── leasot-deno
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── remix-mdx-bundler-and-images
│   │   ├── cover_remix-mdx-bundler-images_s.png
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── tailwind-every-child-except-first
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── til-issues-with-open-redirects
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── uses
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   ├── welcome
│   │   ├── canrau-smiling-on-rainforest-path.jpg
│   │   ├── canrau-waving-in-front-of-andean-mountains.jpg
│   │   └── en.mdx
│   └── with-or-without-trailing-slash
│       ├── cover_with-or-without-trailing-slash_s.png
│       └── en.mdx
├── fly.toml
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
├── postcss.config.js
├── public
│   └── favicon.ico
├── remix.config.js
├── remix.env.d.ts
├── styles
│   ├── prism-plus.css
│   ├── prism-theme.css
│   └── tailwind.css
├── tailwind.config.js
├── tsconfig.json
└── types
    └── index.d.ts

29 directories, 76 files

command not found: tree

If the tree command is not available in your terminal you can get it working via

macOS

brew install tree

Linux (Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get install tree

Windows

cmd //c tree

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Can Rau
Can Rau

Doing web-development since around 2000, building my digital garden with a mix of back-to-the-roots-use-the-platform and modern edge-rendered-client-side-magic tech 📻🚀

Living and working in Cusco, Perú 🦙