PowerShell_Tree_Viewl.md

🪵 PowerShell Tree View (Clean Output, Excluding __pycache__ and .venv)

A quick way to display a clean, ASCII-style tree view of your project in PowerShell — no file attributes, just folder/file hierarchy — while excluding unwanted directories and patterns like __pycache__, .venv, and *.pyc.

📦 Install PSTree

Install-Module PSTree -Scope CurrentUser

The -Scope CurrentUser flag installs the module for your user only, without requiring admin rights.

🌲 Generate the Tree (No Attributes)

Get-PSTree -Path . -Recurse -Exclude "__pycache__","*.pyc",".venv" | ForEach-Object Hierarchy

⚙️ Explanation

• Get-PSTree — retrieves a hierarchical view of directories and files.
• -Path . — start from the current directory.
• -Recurse — traverse all subdirectories.
• -Exclude "__pycache__","*.pyc",".venv" — skips Python caches, virtual environments, and compiled files.
• | ForEach-Object Hierarchy — prints only the tree hierarchy (folder/file indentation lines), omitting all file attribute columns.

📖 Reference

For customization options (ASCII/Unicode tree styles, colors, depth, etc.), see the official docs: 👉 about_TreeStyle.md (PSTree Documentation)

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