ASCII Library for Creating "Pretty" Directory Trees?
PhpUnixTreeAsciiPhp Problem Overview
Is there some *nix tool or perl/php library that will let you easily create directory tree visualizations that look like the following?
www
|-- private
| |-- app
| | |-- php
| | | |-- classes
| | | +-- scripts
| | |-- settings
| | +-- sql
| +-- lib
| +-- ZendFramework-HEAD
+-- public
|-- css
|-- images
+-- scripts
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
How about this example from Unix Tree / Linux Tree:
ls -R | grep ":$" | sed -e 's/:$//' -e 's/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g' -e 's/^/ /' -e 's/-/|/'
Solution 2 - Php
That oneliner is pretty cool, I'd recommend using the tree util.
bash-3.2$ mkdir -p this/is/some/nested/example
bash-3.2$ mkdir -p this/is/another/super/nested/example
bash-3.2$ mkdir -p this/is/yet/another/example
bash-3.2$ mkdir -p this/is/some/nested/other/example
bash-3.2$ tree this
this
`-- is
|-- another
| `-- super
| `-- nested
| `-- example
|-- some
| `-- nested
| |-- example
| `-- other
| `-- example
`-- yet
`-- another
`-- example
13 directories, 0 files
Solution 3 - Php
I realize this question was answered ages ago, but I just found this program called tree which is pretty cool too.
Solution 4 - Php
See the RecursiveTreeIterator class
> Allows iterating over a RecursiveIterator to generate an ASCII graphic tree.
$treeIterator = new RecursiveTreeIterator(
new RecursiveDirectoryIterator('/path/to/dir'),
RecursiveTreeIterator::SELF_FIRST);
foreach($treeIterator as $val) echo $val, PHP_EOL;
Output will be something like this (with c:\php on my machine):
|-c:\php5\cfg
|-c:\php5\data
| |-c:\php5\data\Base
| | \-c:\php5\data\Base\design
| | |-c:\php5\data\Base\design\class_diagram.png
| | \-c:\php5\data\Base\design\design.txt
| |-c:\php5\data\ConsoleTools
| | \-c:\php5\data\ConsoleTools\design
| | |-c:\php5\data\ConsoleTools\design\class_diagram.png
| | |-c:\php5\data\ConsoleTools\design\console.png
| | |-c:\php5\data\ConsoleTools\design\console.xml
…
Solution 5 - Php
exa with --tree does an excellent job:
exa --tree ~/tmp/public/
<dir>
├── aboutme
│ └── index.html
├── atrecurse
│ └── index.html
├── base.css
├── html5
│ ├── cat-and-mouse
│ └── frantic
│ ├── css
│ │ └── main.css
Solution 6 - Php
Not a library per se, but this little utility is handy for generating quick tree graphs without leaving the browser: https://tree.nathanfriend.io/
Disclaimer: I'm the author :).
Solution 7 - Php
Cool Python script to do it: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/217212/
Solution 8 - Php
[php ]To tweak the tree symbols, taken from https://gist.github.com/hakre/3599532
<?php
$path = './targetdir';
$unicodeTreePrefix = function(RecursiveTreeIterator $tree){
$prefixParts = [
RecursiveTreeIterator::PREFIX_LEFT => ' ',
RecursiveTreeIterator::PREFIX_MID_HAS_NEXT => '+ ',
RecursiveTreeIterator::PREFIX_END_HAS_NEXT => '├ ',
RecursiveTreeIterator::PREFIX_END_LAST => '└ '
];
foreach ($prefixParts as $part => $string) {
$tree->setPrefixPart($part, $string);
}
};
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path, RecursiveDirectoryIterator::KEY_AS_FILENAME | RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$tree = new RecursiveTreeIterator($dir);
$unicodeTreePrefix($tree);
echo "<br><br>";
echo "[$path]<br>";
foreach ($tree as $filename => $line) {
echo $tree->getPrefix(), $filename, "<br>";
}
Example output
[./targetdir]<br> ├ aHR0cHM<br> ├ gtyyu.txt<br> ├ Screenshot at 2020-05-28 22-23-30.png<br> ├ 2004 - Synchrone<br> + ├ 09-Live for willyman.mp3<br> + ├ 04-Inabox.mp3<br> + ├ 05-Trashastan.mp3<br> + ├ 07-Nordick.mp3<br> + ├ 08-Rupture.mp3<br> + ├ Best of<br> + + ├ 08 - Civil War.mp3<br> + + ├ 09 - 14 Years.mp3<br> + + ├ 05 - Welcome To The Jungle.mp3<br> + + ├ 06 - Don't Cry.mp3<br> + + ├ 04 - Sweet Child O' Mine.mp3<br> + + ├ 02 - Paradise City.mp3<br> + + ├ 07 - Yesterdays.mp3<br> + + ├ 03 - Patience.mp3<br> + + ├ 01 - November Rain.mp3<br> + + └ 10 - Estranged.mp3<br> + ├ 03-Sarangui.mp3<br> + ├ 06-The test.mp3<br> + ├ 01-Sabradub.mp3<br> + └ 02-L'uzure.mp3<br> ├ Screenshot at 2020-02-11 12-31-52.png<br> ├ trur.txt<br> ├ .hidden<br> + ├ .sub_article.txt<br> + └ sub_article_in_hidden.txt<br> ├ gtuitre.txt<br> ├ aHR0cHM.txt<br> ├ CREEP.mp3<br> ├ subfolder<br> + └ sub_article.txt<br> ├ filtle.txt<br> ├ Best of<br> + ├ 08 - Civil War.mp3<br> + ├ 09 - 14 Years.mp3<br> + ├ 05 - Welcome To The Jungle.mp3<br> + ├ 06 - Don't Cry.mp3<br> + ├ 04 - Sweet Child O' Mine.mp3<br> + ├ 02 - Paradise City.mp3<br> + ├ 07 - Yesterdays.mp3<br> + ├ 03 - Patience.mp3<br> + ├ 01 - November Rain.mp3<br> + └ 10 - Estranged.mp3<br> ├ Screenshot at 2020-05-12 14-51-56.png<br> ├ of.txt<br> ├ highlight.css<br> └ Screenshot at 2020-06-10 19-28-51.png<br>
Solution 9 - Php
This has moved on a lot in recent years. The linux version in the package managers is cleaner and colorized:
Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt install tree
CentOS/RHEL/OpenSUSE:
sudo yum install tree
If you have a massive subdirectory of your current_directory structure and only want to show a sample of what the structure contains you can do something like:
tree -P *my_own_pattern_to_find* current_directory
Solution 10 - Php
Have a look at App::Asciio