Equivalent to command prompt's "tree" command?

Question

Back in my (sucky) Windows days, I used the tree command to view the file hierarchy in a pretty display. I am aware of the find command, but to actually process any data in my clogged 241,416 folders/files from just checking each line is as possible as time travelling...

./build/CMakeFiles/cmake.check_cache
./build/CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake
./build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
./build/CMakeFiles/TargetDirectories.txt
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/depend.make
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/flags.make
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/DependInfo.cmake
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/link.txt
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/build.make
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/cmake_clean.cmake
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/main.o
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/CXX.includecache
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/progress.make
./build/CMakeFiles/compilerid.dir/depend.internal
./build/cmake_install.cmake
./build/CMakeCache.txt
./build/Makefile
./build/compilerid
./CompilerID.kdev4
./.kdev4
./.kdev4/CompilerID.kdev4
./main.cpp

Output of find on one folder holding the files of a one-file, incomplete C++ project

On Windows, the tree command gave a diagram-like output that is human readable

Screenshot of tree command in command prompt Screenshot of the pretty tree command

So, my question is, is there anything graphically close to the Windows/DOS `tree` command?

@SylvainPineau Yes, by to search for it, it didn't have very similar wording, plus, Stack Exchange's search engines are so embarrassingly awful — , Jun 15 '14 at 09:41
I like that you specified that your Windows days were sucky (even though that goes without being said). — Stack Underflow, Dec 27 '18 at 20:40

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '14 at 18:39

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Same command exist. To install, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install tree

enter image description here

answered Jun 14 '14 at 18:39

Mitch

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I know how to open up the Terminal ;-) – Jun 14 '14 at 18:46
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@Abdullah0v0 Nothing wrong with extra information ;) Besides, someone else who reads the question/answer might need that tip ;) – Dan Jun 14 '14 at 20:09
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For better convenience, I'd pair tree with less when using it for easier scrolling functionality. $ tree | less – Dan Jun 14 '14 at 20:12
@Dan Excellent tip, you should edit it into your answer... – Jun 14 '14 at 21:02
@dan then I would go for "most" :=D – Rinzwind Jun 14 '14 at 22:08
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@Dan Even better: tree -C | less -R preserves colours. – Bakuriu Jun 15 '14 at 07:50
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@Bakuriu Didn't know about the -R switch. Thanks! – Glutanimate Jun 15 '14 at 22:26

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '14 at 18:39

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You have tree command in linux. All you have to do is install it. It works very similar to the one in windows.

sudo apt-get install tree

answered Jun 14 '14 at 18:39

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Equivalent to command prompt's "tree" command?

So, my question is, is there anything graphically close to the Windows/DOS tree command?

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So, my question is, is there anything graphically close to the Windows/DOS `tree` command?