CMD tree command limit number of levels

Question

How do I limit the number of levels that the tree command goes through in Windows? I need to output the results to a text file for work, but because by default the tree command

Answer 1

1. Try to download WSL in your Windows system.

2. In your command prompt:

   bash

3. Then you can use Linux commands:

   tree -L x(the layer)

Answer 2

Actually, tree command in DOS does not have the level option. You can refer the manual: tree in windows.

But, you can use the git bash(this is a tool provided by git when you installed the git on windows) or babun(it's a really good tool for windows user to use the *unix tools) so in this way, you can use the command that @Zhengquan Feng mentioned.

Answer 3

If you use WSL you can also export the result straight to the Windows clipboard

• From the WSL Cline, if you don't already have tree installed: sudo apt install tree
• Then: tree -L 5 | clip.exe (replace 5 with however many levels deep you want)

That'll bypass saving it to a txt file and go straight to your clipboard for quick pasting into forums, etc.

Answer 4

You can try this project on Windows :

https://github.com/MrRaindrop/tree-cli

Usage:

use -l levelNumber to specify the path level:

treee -l 2

Answer 5

Example 3 levels:

tree|findstr /v /r /c:"^........│" /c:"^│....... " /c:"^ ....... "

Answer 6

Since I didn't found complete answer here. Here it is:

Windows CMD doesn't support -L depth levels.

1. Install CygWin https://www.cygwin.com.
2. In Cygwin make sure you pick Utilities / Tree package installed.
3. Open CygWin and navigate to your folder, like cd ../../cygdrive/c/myFolder.
4. List tree structure and save as result.txt tree -L 3 >result.txt.