misc/scripts/t

#!/bin/sh

# compact version of tree

# max directories depth
level=$(echo "$@" | sed -nE 's/.*-L ?([0-9]).*/\1/p')
# indentation of leaf directory
begin=$(printf "%$((level - 2))s" | sed 's/ /│   /g')
# indentation of leaf files
line=$(printf "%$((level - 1))s" | sed 's/ /│   /g')

# limit to 6 files and add ellipses
res=$(tree --dirsfirst --noreport -L 2 -C "$@" \
| awk -v begin="$begin" -v line="$line" '
    ($0 ~ "^"begin"├|└") {count=0}
    ($0 ~ "^"line) {count+=1}
    {if (count <= 5){print $0} if(count == 6){print line"├── ..."}}
  ' \
| sed 's/ / /g')

# use a pager when output doesn't fit the screen
if test $(printf "%s\n" "$res" | wc -l) -gt $(tput lines)
then printf "%s\n" "$res" | $PAGER -RSicX
else printf "%s\n" "$res"
fi