Commands by cbetti (1)

  • Display directory hierarchy listing as a tree

    Provides a much cleaner, easier to read output than the closest alternative, ls -1R. This alternative makes it easier to differentiate directories from files: find . -printf '%y %p\n' | perl -ne 'if( m/(\w) (.*)\/(.*)/ ) { $t = $1; $p = $2; $f = $3; $t =~ s/[^d]/ /; $p =~ s/[^\/]/ /g; $p =~ s/\//|/g; print "$t $p/$f\n"; } elsif( m/(\w) (.*)/ ) { print "$1 $2\n"; } else { print "error interpreting: \"$_\"\n"; }' Show Sample Output


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    find . -printf '%p\n' | perl -ne 'if( m/(.*)\/(.*)/ ) { $p = $1; $f = $2; $p =~ s/[^\/]/ /g; $p =~ s/\//|/g; print "$p/$f\n"; } elsif( m/(.*)/ ) { print "$1\n"; } else { print "error interpreting: \"$_\"\n"; }'
    cbetti · 2012-04-24 19:51:00 3

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