Command-line tool

tree

brew/tree

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Display directories as trees (with optional color/HTML output)

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id GnuWin32.Tree -e

macOS

brew install tree

Linux

brew install tree

Print files and directories up to `num` levels of depth (where 1 means the current directory)

tree -L num

Print directories only

tree -d

Print hidden files too with colorization on

tree -a -C

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