# mc tree

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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## Syntax {#syntax}

The [`mc tree`](#command-mc.tree) command lists all prefixes inside a MinIO bucket in a tree format. The command optionally supports listing all objects inside of bucket at each prefix, including the bucket root.

You can also use [`mc tree`](#command-mc.tree) against a local filesystem directory to produce similar results to the `tree` commandline tool.

**EXAMPLE**

The following command prints a complete tree of all objects at any depth in the `mydata` bucket on the `myminio` MinIO deployment:

```shell
mc tree --files myminio/mydata
```

**SYNTAX**

The command has the following syntax:

```shell
mc [GLOBALFLAGS] tree                 \
                 [--depth int]        \
                 [--files]            \
                 [--rewind "string"]  \
```

- Brackets `[]` indicate optional parameters.
- Parameters sharing a line are mutually dependent.
- Parameters separated using the pipe `|` operator are mutually exclusive.

Copy the example to a text editor and modify as-needed before running the command in the terminal/shell.

### Parameters {#parameters}

##### `ALIAS` {#mc.tree.ALIAS}

*mc-cmd*

*Required* The [alias](/reference/minio-mc/mc-alias-set/#alias) of a MinIO deployment and the full path to the bucket to list the tree hierarchy. For example:

```shell
mc tree myminio/mybucket
```

You can specify multiple targets to the [`mc tree`](#command-mc.tree) command. For example:

```shell
mc tree myminio/mybucket myminio/myotherbucket
```

For retrieving the tree heirarchy of a local filesystem directory, specify the full path to that directory. For example:

```shell
mc tree ~/minio/mydata/
```

##### `--depth, d` {#mc.tree.-depth}

*mc-cmd*

*Optional* Limit the tree depth to the specified integer value.

Defaults to `-1` or unlimited depth.

##### `--files, f` {#mc.tree.-files}

*mc-cmd*

*Optional* Includes files in the object or directory in the [`mc tree`](#command-mc.tree) output.

##### `--rewind` {#mc.tree.-rewind}

*mc-cmd*

*Optional*

Directs [`mc tree`](#command-mc.tree) to operate only on the object version(s) that existed at specified point-in-time.

- To rewind to a specific date in the past, specify the date as an ISO8601-formatted timestamp. For example: `--rewind "2020.03.24T10:00"`.
- To rewind a duration in time, specify the duration as a string in `#d#hh#mm#ss` format. For example: `--rewind "1d2hh3mm4ss"`.

[`--rewind`](#mc.tree.-rewind) requires that the specified [`ALIAS`](#mc.tree.ALIAS) be an S3-compatible service that supports [Bucket Versioning](/administration/object-management/object-versioning/#minio-bucket-versioning). For MinIO deployments, use [`mc version`](/reference/minio-mc/mc-version/#command-mc.version) to enable or disable bucket versioning.

## Examples {#examples}

```shell
mc tree ALIAS/PATH
```

- Replace [`ALIAS`](#mc.tree.ALIAS) with the [alias](/reference/minio-mc/mc-alias-set/#alias) of the MinIO deployment.
- Replace [`PATH`](#mc.tree.ALIAS) with the path to the bucket on the MinIO deployment.

## Behavior {#behavior}

### S3 Compatibility {#s3-compatibility}

The **`mc`** commandline tool is built for compatibility with the AWS S3 API and is tested with MinIO and AWS S3 for expected functionality and behavior.

MinIO provides no guarantees for other S3-compatible services, as their S3 API implementation is unknown and therefore unsupported. While **`mc`** commands *may* work as documented, any such usage is at your own risk.