cdir.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys

# print_compact_dir recursively prints the contents of the directory with indentation and without stuttering.
# If the only contents of a given directory are another single directory, that single directory is concatenated instead of indented on the next line.
def print_compact_dir(root, route, level, spacing=4):
    dir_path = os.path.join(root, route)
    contents = os.listdir(dir_path)
    
    if len(contents) == 1 and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir_path, contents[0])):
        # If the only content is another single directory, call self with the concatenated path instead
        print_compact_dir(root, os.path.join(route, contents[0]), level)
    else:
        # Otherwise, print the route and directory contents
        print_at_level(route + os.sep, level)

        for dir in [item for item in contents if item[0] != '.' and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir_path, item))]:
            print_compact_dir(os.path.join(root, route), dir, level+1)
        for file in [file for file in contents if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(dir_path, item))]:
            print_at_level(file, level+1)

def print_at_level(string, level):
    if string:
        print (' ' * spacing) * level + string

root = os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1])

print_compact_dir(os.path.dirname(root), os.path.basename(root), 0)