---
name: "treesize"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "prime-phylo"
version: "1.0.11-13+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/treesize"
---

# treesize(1)

Count the leaves of trees.

## NAME

treesize - Count the leaves of trees.

## SYNOPSIS

**treesize** \[*OPTIONS*\] *\[treefile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Count the leaves of trees. Output is a list of leaf names, one leaf per row. If there are multiple trees in the input file, there will be an empty line separating the leaves.

*treefile* is the filename of the file containing trees in PRIME format.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Display help (this text).

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

  Print version and exit

- **-S**, **--read-tree-from-stdin**

  read tree from STDIN (no \<treefile\>)

- **-f**, **--input-format** **beepOrHybrid\|inputxml**

  The input format. Default is beepOrHybrid

## EXIT STATUS

- **0**

  Successful program execution.

- **1**

  Some error occurred

## URL

- The prime-phylo home page: http://prime.sbc.su.se

  ## SEE ALSO

[**primeDTLSR**(1)](/primeDTLSR/1.md), [**primeDLRS**(1)](/primeDLRS/1.md), [**primeGEM**(1)](/primeGEM/1.md), [**chainsaw**(1)](/chainsaw/1.md), [**reconcile**(1)](/reconcile/1.md), [**reroot**(1)](/reroot/1.md), [**tree2leafnames**(1)](/tree2leafnames/1.md), [**showtree**(1)](/showtree/1.md)