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Sumeet Deshmukh
Asked: 2017-05-15 01:59:42 +0800 CST

How do I make *tree* list hidden files as well?

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I'm using this package called tree to list sub directories and files in a given directory. It works fine except it doesn't list hidden files.

When I run tree in a folder it returns

├── Zodiac (2007)
│   └── Zodiac (2007).mkv
├── Zombieland (2009) H
│   └── Zombieland (2009) H.mkv
└── Zootopia (2016)
    ├── Zootopia (2016).mkv
    └── Zootopia (2016).srt

But it should've returned hidden files named .folder.png in each one of these folders.

Can I make it happen?

command-line

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use tree -a

    $ man tree
-a     All files are printed.  By default tree does not print hidden files 
(those beginning with a dot `.').  
In no event does tree print the file system constructs 
`.' (current directory) and `..' (previous directory).
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  2. Also gvfs stuff are installed in many systems, you can use them too:

    gvfs-tree -h
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  3. gvfs-tree has been deprecated in Debian and ubuntu systems use

    gio tree -h

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