---
name: "tre"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tre-command"
version: "0.4.0-7+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tre"
---

# tre(1)

tre

## NAME

tre - tre

## DESCRIPTION

tre-command 0.4.0 Daniel Duan \<daniel@duan.ca\> Tree command, improved.

### USAGE:

-

  tre \[OPTIONS\] \[PATH\]

### ARGS:

- \<PATH\>

  \[default: .\]

### OPTIONS:

- **-a**, **--all**

  Print all files and directories, including hidden ones

- **-c**, **--color** \<WHEN\>

  When to color the output. \`automatic\` means when printing to a terminal, tre will include colors; otherwise it will disable colors \[default: automatic\] \[possible values: automatic, always, never\]

- **-d**, **--directories**

  Only list directories in output

- **-e**, **--editor** \[\<COMMAND\>\]

  Create aliases for each displayed result, and add a number in front of file name to indicate the alias name. For example, a number "42" means an shell alias "e42" has been created. Running "e42" will cause the associated file or directory to be open with $EDITOR (or a default program for the file type on Windows), or a command specified along with this command

- **-E**, **--exclude** \<PATTERN\>

  Exclude paths matching a regex pattern. Repeatable

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help information

- **-j**, **--json**

  Output JSON instead of tree diagram

- **-l**, **--limit** \<LIMIT\>

  Limit depth of the tree in output

- **-p**, **--portable**

  Generate portable (absolute) paths for editor aliases. By default, aliases use relative paths for better performance

- **-s**, **--simple**

  Use normal print despite gitignore settings. '-a' has higher priority

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version information