Show Directory Tree structure in Unix

Graphics based operating systems provide the option for you to see the complete directory structure graphically. But, in console-based Linux/Unix operating systems this is not possible (by default). At most, you can go inside each directory and do ls or if you are a scripting geek you can create one to do the same for you.

Recently, I came across directory listing program, tree which makes this job possible in Unix/Linux from the terminal. 

Installation

CentoOs/RHEL: $sudo yum install tree -y

Ubuntu: $sudo apt-get install tree

Using Tree

Use tree and the directory name. That's it!

$tree cookbooks/

cookbooks/

`-- learn_chef_httpd

    |-- Berksfile

    |-- chefignore

    |-- metadata.rb

    |-- README.md

    |-- recipes

    |   `-- default.rb

    |-- spec

    |   |-- spec_helper.rb

    |   `-- unit

    |       `-- recipes

    |           `-- default_spec.rb

    `-- test

        `-- recipes

            `-- default_test.rb

7 directories, 8 files