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Shows files and subdirectories in tree structure for exploring project organization.
- Provide path to list (defaults to current working directory)
- Optional glob patterns to ignore
- Results displayed in tree structure
- Hierarchical view of files and directories
- Auto-skips hidden files/directories (starting with '.')
- Skips common system directories like pycache
- Can filter files matching specific patterns
- Results limited to 1000 files
- Large directories truncated
- No file sizes or permissions shown
- Cannot recursively list all directories in large projects
- Hidden file detection uses Unix convention (files starting with '.')
- Windows hidden files (with hidden attribute) not auto-skipped
- Common Windows directories (System32, Program Files) not in default ignore
- Path separators handled automatically (/ and \ work)
- Use Glob for finding files by name patterns instead of browsing
- Use Grep for searching file contents
- Combine with other tools for effective exploration