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From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:28:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Display The Contents Of A Directory As A Tree as a unix
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 - [Curling With Basic Auth Credentials](unix/curling-with-basic-auth-credentials.md)
 - [Display All The Terminal Colors](unix/display-all-the-terminal-colors.md)
 - [Display Free Disk Space](unix/display-free-disk-space.md)
+- [Display The Contents Of A Directory As A Tree](unix/display-the-contents-of-a-directory-as-a-tree.md)
 - [Do Not Overwrite Existing Files](unix/do-not-overwrite-existing-files.md)
 - [Exclude A Directory With Find](unix/exclude-a-directory-with-find.md)
 - [Figure Out The Week Of The Year From The Terminal](unix/figure-out-the-week-of-the-year-from-the-terminal.md)
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+# Display The Contents Of A Directory As A Tree
+
+The [`exa` utility](https://github.com/ogham/exa) is a speedy replacement for
+`ls` that offers some additional features. One of those extra features is the
+_tree_ display.
+
+By including the `-T` (or `--tree`) flag, `exa` will recurse into a directory
+and display the entirety of the contents as a tree.
+
+```bash
+❯ exa -T
+.
+├── folder1
+│  ├── cats
+│  │  └── sneaky
+│  └── dogs
+│     └── fido
+└── folder2
+   ├── cats
+   │  ├── oreo
+   │  └── sneaky
+   └── dogs
+      └── fido
+```
+
+You can target a specific directory:
+
+```bash
+❯ exa -T folder2
+folder2
+├── cats
+│  ├── oreo
+│  └── sneaky
+└── dogs
+   └── fido
+```
+
+See `man exa` for more details.