README.md

pp_paths: A python script to pretty print directory structures

pass the paths of files to be printed through stdin. They will be printed as a tree using ascii art.

Installation

pip install pp_paths --user

pp_paths [-c] [-b]

-c collapse directory sequences

-b print trees with a common base named '////'. The default is to print all the trees formed separated with a '////'

Examples

> find b -type f|pp_paths
b/
├─a/
│ └─b/
│   └─c/
│     └─d/
│       ├─1
│       ├─2
│       └─3
├─s
├─b/
│ ├─w/
│ │ └─a
│ ├─q
│ └─x
├─r
└─q/
  ├─e
  └─y


> find b -type f|pp_paths -c
b/
├─a/b/c/d/
│ ├─1
│ ├─2
│ └─3
├─s
├─b/
│ ├─w/a
│ ├─q
│ └─x
├─r
└─q/
  ├─e
  └─y

> {find b -type d; find a}|pp_paths
b/
├─a/
│ └─b/
│   └─c/
│     └─d
├─b/
│ └─w
├─z
└─q

-*-*-
a/
└─b

user@machine /dev/pts/4 /home/user/src/pp_paths
> {find b -type d; find a}|pp_paths -b
////
├─b/
│ ├─a/
│ │ └─b/
│ │   └─c/
│ │     └─d
│ ├─b/
│ │ └─w
│ │
│ ├─z
│ └─q
└─a/
  └─b

You can easily integrate it with other tools which output list of files:

> pacman -Ql tmux |awk '{print $2}'|pp_paths -c -b
/usr/
├─bin/tmux
└─share/
  ├─licenses/tmux/LICENSE
  └─man/man1/tmux.1.gz


> bsdtar tf ~/Downloads/emacs-for-clojure-book1.zip |pp_paths -c
emacs-for-clojure-book1/
├─.gitignore
├─README.md
├─customizations/
│ ├─editing.el
│ ├─elisp-editing.el
│ ├─misc.el
│ ├─navigation.el
│ ├─setup-clojure.el
│ ├─setup-js.el
│ ├─shell-integration.el
│ └─ui.el
│
...