How can I list subdirectories recursively?
Assuming you just want the name of each directory:
find /path/ -type d -print
I was looking for the same thing in the past and found this:
tree.sh
#!/bin/sh
#######################################################
# UNIX TREE
# Version: 2.3
# File: ~/apps/tree/tree.sh
#
# Displays Structure of Directory Hierarchy
# -------------------------------------------------
# This tiny script uses "ls", "grep", and "sed"
# in a single command to show the nesting of
# sub-directories. The setup command for PATH
# works with the Bash shell (the Mac OS X default).
#
# Setup:
# $ cd ~/apps/tree
# $ chmod u+x tree.sh
# $ ln -s ~/apps/tree/tree.sh ~/bin/tree
# $ echo "PATH=~/bin:\${PATH}" >> ~/.profile
#
# Usage:
# $ tree [directory]
#
# Examples:
# $ tree
# $ tree /etc/opt
# $ tree ..
#
# Public Domain Software -- Free to Use as You Like
# http://www.centerkey.com/tree - By Dem Pilafian
#######################################################
echo
if [ "$1" != "" ] #if parameter exists, use as base folder
then cd "$1"
fi
pwd
ls -R | grep ":$" | \
sed -e 's/:$//' -e 's/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g' -e 's/^/ /' -e 's/-/|/'
# 1st sed: remove colons
# 2nd sed: replace higher level folder names with dashes
# 3rd sed: indent graph three spaces
# 4th sed: replace first dash with a vertical bar
if [ `ls -F -1 | grep "/" | wc -l` = 0 ] # check if no folders
then echo " -> no sub-directories"
fi
echo
exit
I wanted one that listed files as well and I learned about sed and wrote this:
fulltree.sh
#!/bin/sh
#############################################
# Script that displays a recursive formatted folder and file listing
# @author Corbin
# @site iamcorbin.net
#Folder Seperator
BREAK='-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
#Optional: if a folder is passed as an argument, run fulltree on that folder rather than the current folder
if [ "$1" != "" ]
then cd "$1"
fi
pwd
## Recursive Directory Listing with files
# 1- preserve directories from being removed in 2 & 3
# 2- strip first 4 columns
# 3- strip size and date
# 4- prepend ' -- ' on each line
# 5- remove ' -- ' from directories
# 6- remove extra lines
# 7- Insert a line break after directories
# 8- Put a | at the beginning of all lines
# 9- Indent and process 1st level sub dirs
#10- Indent and process 2nd level sub dirs
ls -Rhl | sed \
-e 's/^\.\//x x x x 00:00 |-/' \
-e 's/^\([^\ ]*.\)\{4\}//' \
-e 's/.*[0-9]\{2\}:[0-9]\{2\}//' \
-e 's/^/ -- /' \
-e 's/\ \ --\ \ |-//' \
-e '/--\ $/ d' \
-e '/^[^ ]/ i\'$BREAK \
-e 's/^/| /' \
| sed -e '/[^/]*\//,/'$BREAK'/ s/^|/\t&/' -e '/^\t/,/'$BREAK'/ s/'$BREAK'/\t&/' -e 's/[^/]*\//\t\| /' \
| sed -e '/[^/]*\//,/'$BREAK'/ s/^\t|/\t&/' -e '/^\t\t/,/'$BREAK'/ s/'$BREAK'/\t&/' -e 's/[^/]*\//\t\t\| /' \
| sed -e '/[^/]*\//,/'$BREAK'/ s/^\t\t/\t&/' -e 's/[^/]*\//\t\t\t\| /'
echo $BREAK
You can get the "tree" package, on both ArchLinux and Ubuntu it is called "tree"
So that if you're in ~/ , you can do tree -d
and get a full directory listing (in a tree structure) for all of what's in ~/