The tree command allows users to view an easy-to-read list of files and folders.

Availability

Tree is an external command available for the following Microsoft operating systems as tree.com.

  • Availability

  • Tree syntax

  • Tree examples

  • All Versions of MS-DOS

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11

Tree syntax

Windows 10 and 11 syntax

TREE [Drive:][Path] [/F] [/A]

Windows 8 and earlier syntax

Tree examples

The tree command typed alone produces a listing and overview of the current directory (shown in the image to the right).

  • Windows 10 and 11 syntax.
  • Windows 8 and earlier syntax.

tree

In the example, C: is the current directory, “banners” is one of the directories, and “big” is a subdirectory of the “cdn” directory.

tree /F

The command above uses the tree command with the /F switch. The resulting output would include the names of files located in each of the directories in the tree. Depending on how many files are located in each directory, the tree listing could be quite long.

  • See our tree structure definition if you need further information on the structure of a tree.

To output the structure of a directory to a file, and other options, try using the dir command.