Visualizing directories and files

Good administration starts with good housekeeping, and for this reason, the maintenance of detailed records regarding your server's layout is generally considered to be a good starting point for any Linux administrator. Such a task not only allows you to keep abreast of any changes made to the system as a whole, but it can be a useful approach to debugging. Moreover, because you may have inherited this system, or shared access with a number of administrators, it is probably a good idea to consider running an up-to-date inventory of the changes made.

All directories, folders, and files accessible to a specific Linux-based system are arranged in a single tree. Starting from root (/), this hierarchy may consist of either local or remote files, local or remote filesystem(s), and local or remote block devices.

To view this tree, simply ensure that you have installed the following package:

# yum install tree

By default, the tree command will begin indexing from...