directory_tree_generator.md

Directory Tree Generator

This little program allows you to generate a directory tree. The output will be like that:

├─ css/
|  ├─ contact/
|  |  ├─ contact.css
|  |  ├─ contact.css.map
|  |  └─ contact.scss
|  ├─ index/
|  |  ├─ index.css
|  |  ├─ index.css.map
|  |  └─ index.scss
├─ images/
|  ├─ background.png
|  └─ top.png
├─ js/
|  ├─ index.js
|  └─ jquery.min.js
├─ .htaccess
├─ contact.html
└─ index.html

directory_tree_generator.py

from os import listdir
from os.path import isdir, join

path = "The ABSOLUTE path of your directory"

ignore = [".git", ".gitignore", ".idea", "__pycache__"]  # The files and folders with these names will be ignored


def generate_directory_tree(path, indents=0, text=""):
    dir_content = sorted([f for f in listdir(path) if f not in ignore], key=lambda f: str(not isdir(join(path, f))) + f)
    for element in dir_content:
        if isdir(join(path, element)):
            text += f"\n{'|  ' * indents}├─ {element}/"
            text = generate_directory_tree(join(path, element), indents + 1, text)
        elif element == dir_content[-1]:
            text += f"\n{'|  ' * indents}└─ {element}"
        else:
            text += f"\n{'|  ' * indents}├─ {element}"
    return text


print(generate_directory_tree(path))