I just installed tree and ran it from my home directory with:

$ sudo tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt

It produced a report but every row contained two non-printing characters.
I would like to replace them with spaces, preferrably using something like libreoffice.

Can it be done?

TIA

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On 3/4/2023 1:54 PM, pinnerite wrote:
> I just installed tree and ran it from my home directory with:
>
> $ sudo tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt
>
> It produced a report but every row contained two non-printing characters.
> I would like to replace them with spaces, preferrably using something like libreoffice.
>
> Can it be done?
>
> TIA

I converted to HTML instead of "text with embedded graphics commands".

*******

sudo tree -H . -d --prune -o mytree.htm

Then, pull that into LibreOffice Writer, and use that as a converter.

Optionally, use an HTM to PDF converter.

The graphics emulation in the terminal output, is not
easily translated to a vanilla text file. Converting the
output then, is going to have issues no matter how you
do it.

# Includes HTML links in PDF file, which when clicked
# could do stuff.

sudo tree -H . -d --prune -o mytree.htm

wkhtmltopdf mytree.htm mytree.pdf

[Picture]

https://i.postimg.cc/vBdxwJQB/mytree-PDF-in-Reader.gif

# Easier on the eyes

sudo tree -d --prune | aha > mytree-aha.htm
wkhtmltopdf mytree-aha.htm mytree-aha.pdf

# A bit ugly

sudo tree -d -C --prune | aha > mytree-aha.htm
wkhtmltopdf mytree-aha.htm mytree-aha.pdf

*******

You don't need to use tree views.

find /home/alan -type d -exec ls -al -1 -d {} + > directories.txt
find /home/alan -type f -exec ls -al -1 {} + > filelist.txt

Paul

pinnerite wrote:
> I just installed tree and ran it from my home directory with:
>
> $ sudo tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt
>
> It produced a report but every row contained two non-printing characters.
> I would like to replace them with spaces, preferrably using something like libreoffice.
>
> Can it be done?
>
> TIA

In Libreoffice Writer, just select the unwanted characters in the text
and press ctrl-H to open the Find & Replace window. The characters that
you selected are already in the Find field, so all you have to do is
type a space in the Replace With field and select Replace All.

On 3/4/2023 3:54 PM, Monsieur wrote:
> pinnerite wrote:
>> I just installed tree and ran it from my home directory with:
>>
>> $ sudo tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt
>>
>> It produced a report but every row contained two non-printing characters.
>> I would like to replace them with spaces, preferrably using something like libreoffice.
>>
>> Can it be done?
>>
>> TIA
>
> In Libreoffice Writer, just select the unwanted characters in the text and press ctrl-H to open the Find & Replace window. The characters that you selected are already in the Find field, so all you have to do is type a space in the Replace With field and select Replace All.

If you look with a hex editor, there is more than that to clean up.

Paul

On 3/4/23 13:54, this is what pinnerite wrote:
> tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt
I get things like
   └── stores
which are color commands You don't see it here by on the screen it's ESC[01;33m which is a color command for orange.
Geany would let you search and replace these codes.
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Al

On 3/5/23 08:50, this is what Big Al wrote:
> On 3/4/23 13:54, this is what pinnerite wrote:
>> tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt
> I get things like
>    └── stores
> which are color commands  You don't see it here by on the screen it's ESC[01;33m which is a color command for orange.
> Geany would let you search and replace these codes.
I've also got the nemo add on action called 'print tree'. It prints to html and displays a web page. You can copy all
in the web page and have no special characters showing.
I just did my downloads folder
/home/alan/Downloads
└── [4.1k] fonts-html scripts
├── [5.7k] fonts-sans.html
├── [ 489] fonts
└── [ 344] font-sans.sh
However it doesn't do the -d and drop all the files. But you could edit the print tree action and make it do that for
you.
Google nemo actions. It's probably on github.
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Al

On 04/03/2023 18:54, pinnerite wrote:
> I just installed tree and ran it from my home directory with:
>
> $ sudo tree -d --prune -o mytree.txt
>
> It produced a report but every row contained two non-printing characters.
> I would like to replace them with spaces, preferrably using something like libreoffice.
>
> Can it be done?
>
> TIA
>
>
>
>

I didn't expect so many brilliant replies.

Thank you, Alan