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How do we specify multiple ignore patterns for `tree` command?

I need to print the directory structure of our production system and I would like to remove some specific directories from the tree? How do we specify multiple ignore patterns for tree command?
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Print size of directory content with tree command in tree 1.5?

I like tree it's a nice way to display my files and the size of folders/directories. But the -h option only shows the size of the directory, not the cumulative size of its contents. /media/ ├── [ 16K] 64D9-E862 │   ├── [8.0K] downloads I know for…
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"tree" command output with "pure" (7-bit) ASCII output

The "tree" command uses nice box-drawing characters to show the tree but I want to use the output in a "code-page-neutral" context (I know that really there's always a code page, but by restricting it to the lower characters I hope to be free of…
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cat files in current folder and all subfolders

I want to cat a file in current folder and all files in all subfolders (and subsubfolders). Here is my directory structure $ tree . ├── f │   └── foo └── yo I want to cat foo and yo. I've tried this command but did not work: cat */* It just cats…
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tree command for multiple includes and excludes

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…
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combine the best of 'du' and 'tree'

I'm wondering if we can combine the honesty of 'du' with the indented formatting of 'tree'. If I want a listing of the sizes of directories: du -hx -d2 ...displays two levels deep and all the size summaries are honest, but there's no indenting of…
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Have tree hide gitignored files

Is there a way to make tree not show files that are ignored in .gitignore?
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How can I pipe colored tree result to less or more?

I get colored tree using tree -C but when I pipe it to less I get results like this: tree public/ -C | less How can I have colors in less in this case?
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Convert output of tree command to json format

Is there a convenient way to convert the output of the *nix command tree to JSON format? My goal is to convert something like: . |-- dir1 | |-- dirA | | |-- dirAA | | `-- dirBB | `-- dirB `-- dir2 |-- dirA `-- dirB into: {"dir1"…
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How to make tree output only files?

tree has a -d option to "List directories only.". However, I cannot seem to find an option to "List files only." I have looked through the man page, but I cannot seem to find an option for listing only files.
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Is there a way to disable wget from getting files from parent directories to given depth?

wget has such option as -np which disables getting files from any parent directory. I need something similar but a bit more flexible. Consider: www.foo.com/bar1/bar2/bar3/index.html I would like to get everything but not "higher" (in the tree…
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How to display btrfs subvolume tree?

Is there a way to make a btrfs subvolume tree like what is shown below? (Only subvolumes - no regular directories or files.) # tree /mnt/1 /mnt/1 ├── a ├── snapshot │ ├── a │ └── subv └── subv └── b This example is created from a "sample"…
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Interactive tree command

Is there any version of tree command that displays file structure as a tree structure, but in a way that I can interactively walk trough? Why do I need it exactly - I am trying to simulate TextMate project drawer using vim and splitscreen with…
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Print indentations with whitespace only in tree command

I want to list the subdirectories of a directory using tree command. But I don't want to print indentation lines. I only want to have the whitespaces instead. I couldn't find the correct parameter in man page. Maybe I can pipe the output of tree to…
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Automatically colorize the output of tree

In plain zsh, tree is set similar to --color=auto by default. However, when I use Oh-My-Zsh, tree doesn't show colors. Since tree does not have a --color=auto option, how can I override the setting back to the auto one?
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