-d | Only show directories |
-D | Show last modification |
-a | Also show hidden files (similar to ls -a) |
-L depth | Limit depth of printed directory tree to depth. |
-P pattern | List only files that match pattern. |
-I pattern | Ignore (don't show) files that match pattern. |
--ignore-case | Ignore case for pattern in -P and -I. |
--matchdirs | Apply pattern specified with -P to directories also. |
--prune | Prune empty directories (for example when used with -P and -I) |
--filelimit n | Do not descend into directories that contain more than n files. |
-l | Follow symbolic links (but void recursion) |
-x | Don't cross file system boundaries (Similar to find -xdev) |
--timefmt fmt | |
-o filename | Write output to filename. |
--charset cs | |
--noreport | Do not write summary after printing the tree (the line that reads something like 138 directories, 2107 files) |
-f | Print full path prefix for each file. See also -i and this this example. |
-q | Print non-printable characters in filenames as question marks instead of the default. |
-N | Print non-printable characters as is instead of as escaped octal numbers. |
-Q | Quote the names of files in double quotes. |
-p | Print the file type and permissions for each file (as per ls -l), see this example. |
-u | Print the file's username (or UID if no username is available). See this example. |
-g | Print the file's group name (or GID if no group name is available). |
-s | Print the size of each file (bytes). See also --du. |
-h | Print the size of each file human readably (same idea as also ls -h). See also --si. |
--si | Like -h but use SI units. |
--du | Print directory sizes plus accumulated sizes of directories and files beneath it (like du -c). Implies -s |
-D | Print the date of the last modification time or if -c is used, the last status change time for the file listed. |
-F | Append a / for directories, a = for socket files, a * for executable files, a > for doors (Solaris) and a | for FIFO's (Same idea as ls -F). |
--inodes | Prints the inode number of the file or directory |
--device | Prints the device number to which the file or directory belongs |
-v | Sort the output by version. Similar to ls -v |
-t | Sort the output by last modification time instead of alphabetically. |
-c | Sort the output by last status change instead of alphabetically. Modifies the -D option (if used) to print the last status change instead of modification time. |
--sort[=]type | Sort the output by type instead of name. Possible values are: ctime (-c), mtime (-t), size or version (-v). |
-U | Do not sort. Lists files in directory order. Disables --dirsfirst. |
-r | Sort the output in reverse order. This is a meta-sort that alter the above sorts. This option is disabled when -U is used. |
--dirsfirst | List directories before files. This is a meta-sort that alters the above sorts. This option is disabled when -U is used. |
-i | Don't indent output, useful in conjunction with -f. Also removes as much whitespace as possible when used with -J or -x. See this example. |
-A | Turn on ANSI line graphics hack when printing the indentation lines. |
-S | Turn on CP437 line graphics (useful when using Linux console mode fonts), equivalent to --charset=IBM437 and may eventually be depreciated. |
-n | Turn colorization off always, over-ridden by the -C option. |
-C | Turn colorization on always, using built-in color defaults if the LS_COLORS or TREE_COLORS environment variables are not set. Useful to colorize output to a pipe. |
-X | Emit output in XML format. |
-J | Emit output in JSON format. |
-H baseHREF | Emit output in HTML format (including HTML references). baseHREF gives the base ftp location when using HTML output. For colors via CSS style-sheet, the -C option must be added. |
-T title | Sets the <title> and <h1> header string in HTML output mode. |
--nolinks | Turns off hyperlinks in HTML output. |
--fromfile | Reads a directory listing from a file rather than the file-system. Paths provided on the command line are files to read from rather than directories to search. The dot (.) directory indicates that tree should read paths from standard input. |
--help | Outputs a verbose usage listing. |
--version | Outputs the version of tree. |
-- | Option processing terminator. No further options will be processed after this. |
-p (print permission) and -u (print username) prints a directory tree along with files' and directories' permissions and ownership: $ tree -pu /home/rene
-i and -f so that the file names are not indented but rather printed with path elements: $ tree -pufi /home/rene