broot

On interactive mode "ls tree" tools, an interesting one is broot. https://github.com/Canop/broot

Neat, looks like a combination of erdtree[0] and broot[1]. I use both on a daily basis, are there any features that stand out from the two? [0]: https://github.com/solidiquis/erdtree [1]: https://github.com/Canop/broot

I adore writings like this, mistake is the wrong word, but we learn best from the experience of others esp where things did not work and why. BTW, this is from the author of Broot, the creative file explorer. https://github.com/Canop/broot When we try so hard to appear successful and without mistake, it paints a distorted picture. The dead ends are where knowledge is made. Teaser from the article > If you go stale and you want to go further, you should understand that it's normal, because Rust has different concepts that you must learn stop trying without trying, you're wasting time and motivation go back to the fight with dedicated time and energy

Would a commander type TUI work for you? https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc https://github.com/ranger/ranger https://github.com/jarun/nnn There's also superfile and broot. Personally I feel like they try to do a little too much, but that doesn't mean they won't work for you: https://github.com/yorukot/superfile https://github.com/Canop/broot

Take a look at broot https://github.com/Canop/broot

Also Broot, which is-- like OP's tool-- intended as an ls replacement rather than a full file manager: https://github.com/Canop/broot

A past coworker implemented a system like this. It was awful. He was the gatekeeper because the numbers had to be "just so" to meet his approval, and he was the most senior person on the team. Limiting yourself to a handful of categories at each level makes sense, but numbering everything is a bad idea. It's busywork, and other people have to learn your idiosyncratic nomenclature. Just give the directories good names. Search really isn't as bad as the article suggests, especially with something like broot [1]. [1]: https://github.com/Canop/broot

This is powerful though I don't use it much yet https://github.com/Canop/broot

+1 for broot[1], it works so fast and can be used even to fuzzy search sub-sub-directories. I'm also bit lost on the features but the help is quite good and mostly I use it just to find a directory and enter it, which requires only one keyboard shortcut. [1] https://github.com/Canop/broot

`broot` (https://github.com/Canop/broot) is another file manager with a curious interface that seems to fill a similar niche. Of course, there are many other file managers to choose from (mc, ranger, nnn, lf, ....), but most of them don't show nested subdirectories by default.

I think you’re conflating different projects. There are projects that aim for a better user experience, with better command line interface, defaults, performance and UI. These are of course breaking changes and the programs can’t be used as drop in replacements. Some examples are - ls => exa (https://github.com/ogham/exa) - grep => ripgrep (https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) - cat => bat (https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) - tree => broot (https://github.com/Canop/broot) The person you’re replying to was speaking of a different project - uutils (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils). These are drop in replacements with identical interfaces (modulo bugs).

Wanted to add: I realized that my function above doesn't fully show how I use it. I recommend setting your $LESS to include -F so that by default it doesn't leave pages of output in your scrollback. That way you can get a quick tree, scrollable/searchable in your pager, and then don't lose your shell context. FWIW, my $LESS is: export LESS='-iMFx4 --mouse' # smart-case, status bar, quit 1 screen, 4sp tabs Also should mention https://github.com/Canop/broot as a good directory explorer tool.

This is really cool! I use a similar tool for fuzzy cd[0]. At the moment I'm trying to use broot[1] as my directory browser but I might consider trying this too [0]: https://github.com/b4b4r07/enhancd [1]: https://github.com/Canop/broot

It reminds of broot https://github.com/Canop/broot/