gdtree is a directory tree generator built with Python.

gdtree provides easy directory tree generation. This command-line tool is inspired by the classic UNIX tree utility.

Suppose that a given directory has the folder structure below

top_folder
|-- another_folder
|   |-- link_to_file_2
|--lower_folder
|   |-- secrets.py
|-- file_1.py
|-- file_2.txt
|-- file_3.json
|-- special_script.sh

where

• link_to_file_2 is a symbolic link
• special_script.sh has execute privileges (for the current user)

gdtree will produce the following output when called on this directory

The directory is pretty-printed using unicode box characters, and is colorized based on the file type.

gdtree can be easily installed using pip

pip install gdtree

To generate a directory tree for the current directory, enter the command

gdtree .

An absolute path can be used in place of the relative path to generate a directory tree for any directory

gdtree comes with options to provide information and customize some features of the tree generation:

• -h, --help - Prints a help message containing usage details
• -n, --dncolorize - Disables output colorization
• -f, --fancy - Prints tree using fancy box characters (uses ╠══ instead of ├──)
• -r, --reverse - Prints tree in reverse alphabetical order