--no-icons

Info

The --no-icons flag disables file/folder icons in the output.
This is useful if:

• You’re working in a terminal that doesn’t support Unicode emojis.
• You prefer a plain ASCII output.
• You want minimal, icon-free Markdown exports.

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Usage

Usage

show-file-tree  --no-icons

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material-hexagon-multiple: Example

Example

Default (with icons)With --no-icons

With icons

├── 📁 docs
│   └── 📝 readme.md
├── 📁 src
│   └── 🐍 main.py
└── 📖 LICENSE

Without icons

├── docs
│   └── readme.md
├── src
│   └── main.py
└── LICENSE

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Behind the scenes

By default, show-file-tree uses a rich icon mapping for file types:

Icon/Emojis used in tree

File Type / Extension	Icon	Meaning / Notes
Folders	📁 / 📂	Closed / Open folder
Generic file	📄	Default file
.py	🐍	Python script
.js, .jsx	📜	JavaScript file
.ts, .tsx	📜	TypeScript file
.html	🌐	HTML file
.css, .scss	🎨	Stylesheet
.json	📦	JSON data
.md	📝	Markdown file
readme.md (exact match)	📖	README file
.git, .gitignore	🌿	Git-related file
.png, .jpg, .jpeg, etc.	🖼️	Image files
.zip, .tar, .gz, etc.	📦	Archive/compressed file
.mp3, .wav	🎵	Audio file
.mp4, .mov, .avi	🎬	Video file
.ttf, .otf, .woff, etc.	🔤	Font files
.exe, .bin (generic bin)	⚙️	Binary file
.yml, .yaml, .ini, etc.	🔧	Config file
.lock	🔒	Lock file
license	📜	License file

If any file type is missing then you can create an Github Issues

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Tip

Tip

You can combine --no-icons with other options such as --size, --count, or --theme for a clean but informative tree.

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