Hierarchical Directory Output

tree and pstree: Visualize Unix Processes and Directories in Hierarchical Structure

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 19, 2009

pstree and tree command
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This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.
 
Using the traditional ps command, you have to manually look at the PID and Parent PID to identify the dependencies between the processes. Sometimes it may be helpful to view the Linux processes in hierarchical format showing the child processes under the parent process. pstree command (Process Tree) will display the processes hierarchically.
 
Using the ls command, you typically view the content of a directory structure. Sometimes it may be very helpful to view the directory structure in a hierarchical display. tree command (Directory Tree) will display the directory structures hierarchically.
 
In this article let us review how to view the processes and directories in tree like format with detailed examples
 
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