dir-view

A simple command-line tool to visualize directory structures.

Description

DirView is a cross-platform CLI tool for displaying the hierarchical structure of directories. It supports excluding specified folders and optionally displaying hidden files and directories.

Getting Started

Dependencies

• Go language version 1.20 or higher

Installing

Windows

1. Open a terminal and clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sysfat/dir-view.git

2. Navigate to the cloned directory:

   cd dir-view

3. Build the executable:

   go build -o dirview.exe

4. Run dirview.exe commands as described below.

Linux & macOS

1. Open a terminal and clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sysfat/dir-view.git

2. Navigate to the cloned directory:

   cd dir-view

3. Build the executable:

   go build -o dirview

4. Run dirview commands as described below.

Executing Program

1. Open a terminal.

2. Run DirView commands as follows:

   • Display the directory structure for the current folder:

     dirview

   • Display the structure for a specific folder:

     dirview /path/to/folder

   • Exclude specific directories:

     dirview -exclude=node_modules,vendor

   • Show hidden files and directories:

     dirview -show-hidden

Help

For any issues, ensure the correct syntax is used for commands and flags (-exclude, -show-hidden).

For more information, run:

dirview -help

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by the Unix tree command.