tree command for multiple includes and excludes

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Could you please give me an example of using the tree command to filter out result as follows:

to ignore directories (say bin, unitTest)
only listing certain files having extensions (say .cpp, .c, .hpp, .h)
providing full path-names of only the resultant files matching the criteria.

score 82 · Answer 1 · 2013-01-12T18:57:19.473

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One way is to use patterns with the -I and -P switches:

tree -f -I "bin|unitTest" -P "*.[ch]|*.[ch]pp." your_dir/

The -f prints the full path for each file, and -I excludes the files in the pattern here separated by a vertical bar. The -P switch inlcudes only the files listed in the pattern matching a certain extension.

edited Jan 12 '13 at 18:57

answered Jan 12 '13 at 18:47

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*Note: do not include trailing slashes in your -I flag, eg `-I bin`, not `-I bin/`.* – ThorSummoner Mar 11 '15 at 18:13
this makes an error `sed: illegal option -- I` – François Romain Nov 23 '18 at 10:20

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 15:46

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The true solution is to output full paths, filter unwanted paths out, and finally fix the outputs.

tree -df | egrep -v "\./(bin|unitTest)/.*" | sed -r 's%\./.*/%%g'

If all files are necessary in the output, remove the "d" parameter.

Detailed explanation can be found at: http://qaon.net/press/archives/572 if you can understand Japanese.

answered Jul 21 '16 at 15:46

Afante

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-f flag super useful! – Michael Dimmitt Apr 15 '18 at 18:14
To get the same format as `tree` without arguments, use: `sed -r 's%\..*/%%g'`. After that, the only difference is the loss of colored output. – Roger Dueck Dec 19 '22 at 17:48

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 12 '13 at 18:46

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use find and tree command that is use find's prune to exclude directories of search and use tree -P for searching the pattern.

Use the prune switch, for example if you want to exclude the misc directory just add a -path ./misc -prune -oto your find command.

for eg.find . -path ./misc -prune -o -exec tree -P <pattern> {} \; or you can use -name "*.cpp" in find

for excluding multiple directories use

find . -type d \( -path dir1 -o -path dir2 -o -path dir3 \) -prune -o

answered Jan 12 '13 at 18:46

harish.venkat

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For me, example with find gives error "find: expected an expression after '-o' " – WebComer Nov 18 '18 at 15:13
did you try just `find . -type d \( -path dir1 -o -path dir2 -o -path dir3 \) -prune -o` or `find . -path ./misc -prune -o -exec tree -P *.cpp {} \;` – harish.venkat Nov 28 '18 at 21:32

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '22 at 12:11

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Use awk:

tree -f | awk ‘!/bin|unitTest/ && /\.cpp|\.c|\.hpp|\.h/ {print}’

The first pattern is your excludes and the second is your includes.

answered Aug 29 '22 at 12:11

mcg256

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tree command for multiple includes and excludes

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