dir-tree-creator is a Node.js module that creates an npm like directory tree structure of the given root path and returns the string representation of it.

npm i dir-tree-creator

dirtree(dir[, opts], cb)

• dir <String> root directory path
• opts <Object> (optional) object with the following properties:
  • label <String> label for the root node of the directory tree; if nothing specified, the root path's basename will be used.
  • hidden <Boolean> determines if hidden files should be included; set to false to ignore hidden files; defaults to true.
• cb <Function>
  • err <Error | null>
  • dirtree <String> string representation of the directory structure

const dirTree = require('dir-tree-creator')

dirTree('some/dir', (err, tr) => {
  if (err) return console.error(err)
  console.log(tr)
})

const dirTree = require('dir-tree-creator')

dirTree('some/dir', { label: 'custom label' }, (err, tr) => {
  if (err) return console.error(err)
  console.log(tr)
})

custom label
├─┬ dir0
│ └── file0.js  
├─┬ dir1
│ ├─┬ dir2  
│ │ └── file2.js  
│ └── file1.md
├── file-under-root.js
└── .gitignore