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Notes

• TreeGen works on all major operating systems including BSD, Linux, macOS, and Windows.
• TreeGen lets you decide whether to overwrite your existing files.

Installation

Download the appropriate binary or package for your processor architecture and operating system from the latest release. Then, you can install it as a system command:

BSD, Linux, and macOS

sudo chmod +x /path/to/treegen
sudo mv /path/to/treegen /usr/bin/treegen

Windows

Unblock-File -Path "C:\path\to\treegen.exe"
Move-Item -Path "C:\path\to\treegen.exe" -Destination "C:\Windows\System32\treegen.exe"

or, follow the instructions below to install the provided packages:

Debian-based Linux distros

sudo apt install /path/to/treegen.deb

RedHat-based Linux distros

sudo dnf install /path/to/treegen.rpm

otherwise, you can also compile and install it directly from the source if you have Go installed on your system:

go install github.com/bilbilak/treegen

Usage

treegen --help

man treegen

Examples:

BSD, Linux, and macOS

treegen /path/to/tree.txt

treegen < /path/to/tree.txt

cat /path/to/tree.txt | treegen

treegen <<EOF
myProject/
├── README.md
├── src/
│   ├── main.js
│   ├── components/
│   │   |-- Header.js
│   │   |-- Footer.js
│   │   +-- shared/
│   │	   |-- Button.js
│   │	   +-- Slider.js
│   └── utils/
│	   ├── helpers.js
│	   └── test/
│		   ├── helper.test.js
│		   └── mockData.js
├── lib/
│   ├── middleware.js
│   └── database.js
├── tests/
│   ├── main.test.js
│   └── components/
│	   ├── Header.test.js
│	   └── Footer.test.js
└── package.json
EOF

Windows

treegen "C:\path\to\tree.txt"

Get-Content "C:\path\to\tree.txt" | treegen

$tree = @"
myProject/
├── README.md
├── src/
│   ├── main.js
│   ├── components/
│   │   |-- Header.js
│   │   |-- Footer.js
│   │   +-- shared/
│   │	   |-- Button.js
│   │	   +-- Slider.js
│   └── utils/
│	   ├── helpers.js
│	   └── test/
│		   ├── helper.test.js
│		   └── mockData.js
├── lib/
│   ├── middleware.js
│   └── database.js
├── tests/
│   ├── main.test.js
│   └── components/
│	   ├── Header.test.js
│	   └── Footer.test.js
└── package.json
"@

$tree.Trim() | treegen

@"myProject/
 ├── README.md
 ├── src/
 │   ├── main.js
 │   ├── components/
 │   │   |-- Header.js
 │   │   |-- Footer.js
 │   │   +-- shared/
 │   │	   |-- Button.js
 │   │	   +-- Slider.js
 │   └── utils/
 │	   ├── helpers.js
 │	   └── test/
 │		   ├── helper.test.js
 │		   └── mockData.js
 ├── lib/
 │   ├── middleware.js
 │   └── database.js
 ├── tests/
 │   ├── main.test.js
 │   └── components/
 │	   ├── Header.test.js
 │	   └── Footer.test.js
 └── package.json"@ | treegen