Usually, the ls command is used in Linux to display files and folders. It is an inbuilt command in GNU/Linux. However, it has its shortcomings, for example, there is no option to view directories recursively.
a new command called ‘tree’ which is used for recursive file listing to limit on the depth of file structure to be displayed.
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