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FileSystemTree
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    • FileSystemScan
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    • FileNameForms
    • Tree
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FileSystemTree[root]

gives a tree whose keys are the names of files in root, and whose data is the full names of these files.

FileSystemTree[root,levelspec]

gives a tree in which files on levels specified by levelspec are represented by a subtree.

FileSystemTree[root,levelspec,r]

combines levels to give a tree with maximum level r.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Options  
Elision  
FileNameForms  
IncludeDirectories  
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MaxItems  
Styling Entire Tree  
Styling Individual Tree Elements  
Tree Layout and Graphics Options  
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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • FileSystemMap
    • FileSystemScan
    • FileNames
    • FileNameForms
    • Tree
    • CreateSearchIndex
  • Related Guides
    • Trees
    • Tree Construction & Representation
    • See Also
      • FileSystemMap
      • FileSystemScan
      • FileNames
      • FileNameForms
      • Tree
      • CreateSearchIndex
    • Related Guides
      • Trees
      • Tree Construction & Representation

FileSystemTree

FileSystemTree[root]

gives a tree whose keys are the names of files in root, and whose data is the full names of these files.

FileSystemTree[root,levelspec]

gives a tree in which files on levels specified by levelspec are represented by a subtree.

FileSystemTree[root,levelspec,r]

combines levels to give a tree with maximum level r.

Details and Options

  • FileSystemTree uses standard level specifications as in TreeLevel:
  • nlevels 1 through n
    Alllevels 0 through Infinity
    Infinitylevels 1 through Infinity
    {n}level n only
    {n1,n2}levels n1 through n2
  • The default value for levelspec in FileSystemTree is {0,Infinity}.
  • FileSystemTree takes the same options as Tree.
  • Additional options of FileSystemTree include:
  • IncludeDirectories Falsewhether to include All as a leaf of each directory
    FileNameForms Allinclude files with names of the specified forms
    MaxItems Infinitymaximum items to include from a directory
  • FileNameForms will accept any forms specification allowed in the first argument of FileNames.

Examples

open all close all

Basic Examples  (3)

Create a tree of all files contained in a directory:

Create a tree of all files through level 2 of the specified directory:

Create a tree containing only those files at level 2 of the specified directory:

Create a flat tree for the same directory:

Options  (12)

Elision  (1)

Display two children of all nodes:

FileNameForms  (1)

By default, all files are included:

By specifying FileNameForms->patt, the tree will be restricted to only those files that match the specified pattern:

IncludeDirectories  (1)

Empty directories have no children by default:

Include All as a child of every directory:

MaxItems  (1)

By default, the tree will contain all files in the specified directory and subdirectories:

By specifying MaxItemsn, the tree will contain at most n items within each directory:

Styling Entire Tree  (4)

Specify labels and styles for all subtrees:

Specify the base style:

Specify the style for the edges and the edges of the tree elements:

Specify the base style and styles for individual tree elements:

Styling Individual Tree Elements  (1)

Specify the style for the generated tree element:

Tree Layout and Graphics Options  (3)

Specify the orientation for the root:

Specify a named embedding:

Specify Graphics options:

Properties & Relations  (1)

TreeExpression[FileSystemTree[root,…],"FileSystem"] is equivalent to FileSystemMap[Identity,root,…]:

Possible Issues  (1)

When specifying a fixed number of levels, empty directories will be omitted from the resulting tree:

See Also

FileSystemMap  FileSystemScan  FileNames  FileNameForms  Tree  CreateSearchIndex

Related Guides

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  • Trees
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History

Introduced in 2022 (13.2)

Wolfram Research (2022), FileSystemTree, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileSystemTree.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2022), FileSystemTree, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileSystemTree.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2022. "FileSystemTree." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileSystemTree.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2022). FileSystemTree. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileSystemTree.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_filesystemtree, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FileSystemTree}", year="2022", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileSystemTree.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_filesystemtree, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FileSystemTree}, year={2022}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileSystemTree.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-December-2025]}

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