Recursive directory tree with permissions and ownership (stat-tree)

README.md

Stat Tree

A Bash script that displays a recursive directory tree with file permissions (octal), owner:group information, and color-coded output (blue for directories, green for files).

Similar to the tree command but includes detailed stat information in a clean format.

Usage:

./stat-tree.sh /path/to/directory

Output example:

755 user:group subdir1/
├── 755 user:group abc/
│   └── 755 user:group xyz/
├── 644 user:group file.txt
└── 755 user:group subdir2/

4 directories, 1 file

Features:

• Displays octal permissions (e.g., 755, 644)
• Shows owner and group for each item
• Color-coded output (directories in blue, files in green)
• Proper tree structure with UTF-8 box drawing characters
• Sorted output for consistent results
• Summary count of directories and files

stat-tree.sh

#!/bin/bash

dir="${1:-.}"

# Color codes
DIR_COLOR="\033[1;34m"   # Bold blue for directories
FILE_COLOR="\033[0;92m"  # Green color for files
RESET="\033[0m"          # Reset color

# Counters
total_dirs=0
total_files=0

# Function to generate tree structure
print_tree() {
    local prefix="$1"
    local dir_path="$2"
    local items=()

    # Read directory contents into array
    while IFS= read -r -d '' item; do
        items+=("$item")
    done < <(find "$dir_path" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -print0 | sort -z)

    local count=${#items[@]}
    local i=0

    for item in "${items[@]}"; do
        i=$((i + 1))
        local basename=$(basename "$item")
        local perms=$(stat -c "%a" "$item")
        local owner=$(stat -c "%U" "$item")
        local group=$(stat -c "%G" "$item")

        # Determine if this is the last item
        if [ $i -eq $count ]; then
            local connector="└── "
            local new_prefix="${prefix}    "
        else
            local connector="├── "
            local new_prefix="${prefix}│   "
        fi

        # Print with permissions, ownership, and color
        if [ -d "$item" ]; then
            echo -e "${prefix}${connector}${perms} ${owner}:${group} ${DIR_COLOR}${basename}/${RESET}"
            ((total_dirs++))
            print_tree "$new_prefix" "$item"
        else
            echo -e "${prefix}${connector}${perms} ${owner}:${group} ${FILE_COLOR}${basename}${RESET}"
            ((total_files++))
        fi
    done
}

# Check if target is a file or directory
if [ -f "$dir" ]; then
    # It's a file, just print it
    perms=$(stat -c "%a" "$dir")
    owner=$(stat -c "%U" "$dir")
    group=$(stat -c "%G" "$dir")
    echo -e "${perms} ${owner}:${group} ${FILE_COLOR}$(basename "$dir")${RESET}"
    total_files=1
elif [ -d "$dir" ]; then
    # It's a directory, print with trailing slash and process contents
    perms=$(stat -c "%a" "$dir")
    owner=$(stat -c "%U" "$dir")
    group=$(stat -c "%G" "$dir")
    echo -e "${perms} ${owner}:${group} ${DIR_COLOR}$(basename "$dir")/${RESET}"

    total_dirs=1
    # Print tree
    print_tree "" "$dir"
else
    echo "Error: $dir does not exist or is not accessible"
    exit 1
fi

# Print summary
echo ""
if [ $total_dirs -eq 1 ]; then
    dir_text="directory"
else
    dir_text="directories"
fi

if [ $total_files -eq 1 ]; then
    file_text="file"
else
    file_text="files"
fi

echo "$total_dirs $dir_text, $total_files $file_text"