View and Display Linux Fedora Directory Tree using tree Command

 

View Fedora Linux Directory Tree Using tree command

 

  The directory in Linux Fedora can be view by tree like format using the tree command.  The example below show the use of tree command to display Linux Fedora directory in tree like format, the example below also show the use of tree command to display directory inode number and files inode number on Linux Fedora system.

 

tree command example:

 

1.   The command below, use tree command to display and list only one level directory from the root directory:

 

[root@fedora ~]# tree -L 1 /
/

|-- bin

|-- boot

|-- dev

|-- etc

|-- home

|-- lib

|-- lost+found

|-- media

|-- misc

|-- mnt

|-- net

|-- opt

|-- proc

|-- root

|-- samba-share

|-- sbin

|-- selinux

|-- srv

|-- sys

|-- tmp

|-- usr

`-- var

 

22 directories, 0 files

[root@fedora ~]#

 

 

 

  

Files tree and directory tree

 

 

2.  The example below use the tree command to display and view the directory and directory inodes number in Linux Fedora.

 

 

[root@fedora ~]# tree -L 1 --inodes /

/

|-- [ 310689] bin

|-- [ 2] boot

|-- [ 219] dev

|-- [ 384273] etc

|-- [ 425153] home

|-- [ 16353] lib

|-- [ 11] lost+found

|-- [ 179873] media

|-- [ 318865] mnt

|-- [ 515089] opt

|-- [ 1] proc

|-- [ 343393] root

|-- [ 24530] sbin

|-- [ 1] selinux

|-- [ 392449] srv

|-- [ 1] sys

|-- [ 261633] tmp

|-- [ 204401] usr

`-- [ 408801] var

 

19 directories, 0 files

[root@fedora ~]# 

 

 

  

Display directory tree including their inode

 

 

3.  Display second level directory tree from the root directory, and pipe the output to less command

 

 

[root@fedora ~]# tree -L 2 / | less
/

|-- bin

| |-- alsacard

| |-- alsaunmute

| |-- arch

| |-- awk -> gawk

| |-- basename

| |-- bash

| |-- cat

| |-- chgrp

| |-- chmod

| |-- chown

| |-- cp

++++++++++++++

408 directories, 950 files

[root@fedora ~]#

 

 

 

  

Display only second leve deep of Fedora directory tree

 

 

4.  List all directory and files under the specific directory, the example below show the use of tree command to display all directory file in current directory including hidden files and hidden directory

 

[root@fedora ~]# tree -a -L 1 ./

./

|-- .ICEauthority

|-- .bash_history

|-- .bash_logout

|-- .bash_profile

|-- .bashrc

|-- .config

|-- .cshrc

|-- .dbus

|-- .esd_auth

|-- .gconf

|-- .gconfd

|-- .gnome2

|-- .gnome2_private

|-- .gstreamer-0.10

|-- .gtk-bookmarks

|-- .gvfs

|-- .local

|-- .metacity

|-- .mozilla

|-- .nautilus

|-- .pulse

|-- .pulse-cookie

|-- .recently-used.xbel

|-- .redhat

|-- .tcshrc

|-- .thumbnails

|-- .tomboy

|-- .tomboy.log

|-- .wapi

|-- Desktop

|-- Documents

|-- Download

|-- Music

|-- Pictures

|-- Public

|-- Templates

|-- Videos

|-- anaconda-ks.cfg

|-- fedora9

|-- install.log

|-- install.log.syslog

`-- mbox

 

26 directories, 16 files

[root@fedora ~]#

 

 

Note: the  (./) => for current directory, you

can change this to list other directory.

 

Current directory tree

 

 

Get help for tree command.

 

[root@localhost ~]# tree --help

usage: tree [-adfgilnpqrstuxACDFNS] [-H baseHREF] [-T title ] [-L level [-R]]
[-P pattern] [-I pattern] [-o filename] [--version] [--help] [--inodes]
[--device] [--noreport] [--nolinks] [--dirsfirst] [--charset charset]
[<directory list>]
-a All files are listed.
-d List directories only.
-l Follow symbolic links like directories.
-f Print the full path prefix for each file.
-i Don't print indentation lines.
-q Print non-printable characters as '?'.
-N Print non-printable characters as is.
-p Print the protections for each file.
-u Displays file owner or UID number.
-g Displays file group owner or GID number.
-s Print the size in bytes of each file.
-D Print the date of last modification.
-F Appends '/', '=', '*', or '|' as per ls -F.
-r Sort files in reverse alphanumeric order.
-t Sort files by last modification time.
-x Stay on current filesystem only.
-L level Descend only level directories deep.
-A Print ANSI lines graphic indentation lines.
-S Print with ASCII graphics indentation lines.
-n Turn colorization off always (-C overrides).
-C Turn colorization on always.
-P pattern List only those files that match the pattern given.
-I pattern Do not list files that match the given pattern.
-H baseHREF Prints out HTML format with baseHREF as top directory.
-T string Replace the default HTML title and H1 header with string.
-R Rerun tree when max dir level reached.
-o file Output to file instead of stdout.
--inodes Print inode number of each file.
--device Print device ID number to which each file belongs.
--noreport Turn off file/directory count at end of tree listing.
--nolinks Turn off hyperlinks in HTML output.
--dirsfirst List directories before files.
--charset X Use charset X for HTML and indentation line output.
[root@localhost ~]#

 

Keywords: tree command, linux directory tree, fedora directory tree, directory inode, file inode, display directory tree, directory tree, filesysystem directory tree 

 

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