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--exclude / -e

The --exclude flag allows you to skip specific files or directories when building the tree.
You can use glob patterns (wildcards) to match multiple paths.

Usage

# Exclude all log files
show-file-tree  --exclude "*.log"

# Exclude a specific folder
show-file-tree  --exclude "tests/*"

Example

Files in project

src/
tests/
README.md
debug.log
config.yaml

Command

show-file-tree  --exclude "*.log" --exclude "tests/*"

Output

├── 📁 src
├── README.md
└── config.yaml

debug.log and tests/ are excluded from the tree.

Tips

  • Multiple --exclude flags can be combined for fine-grained filtering.
  • Combine with --include to focus on specific file types while ignoring others:
show-file-tree  --include "*.py" --exclude "tests/*"
  • Works with --format md to generate filtered Markdown documentation.