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Display The Contents Of A Directory As A Tree

The exa utility 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.

❯ exa -T
.
├── folder1
│  ├── cats
│  │  └── sneaky
│  └── dogs
│     └── fido
└── folder2
   ├── cats
   │  ├── oreo
   │  └── sneaky
   └── dogs
      └── fido

You can target a specific directory:

❯ exa -T folder2
folder2
├── cats
│  ├── oreo
│  └── sneaky
└── dogs
   └── fido

See man exa for more details.