Excluding node_modules when using tree command on Mac

The node_modules folder is often super big and contains countless files and subdirectories. Therefore, when using the tree command to display your project file structure, you should ignore node_modules. To do so, try this:

tree -I 'node_modules'

The result:

If you want the command to exclude more than one directory, you can use:

tree -I 'folder-1|folder-22|folder-3|folder-4'

Simple as that. Hope this short article can help you a little bit in some way.

Further reading:

• 4 Ways to Read JSON Files in Node.js
• Node.js: How to Ping a Remote Server/ Website
• Node.js: Getting User Input from Console (2 approaches)
• Node.js: How to Use “Import” and “Require” in the Same File

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