One of the commands that helps to visualize your file system is tree, a command that lists contents of directories in a tree-like format. One of the issues with tree is that the output is unwieldy with large directories.
A good alternative and next gen tree explorer is broot, a utility that gives an overview of a directory, customizable launcher, and more.
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