# Tree command does not print properly **URL:** \ **Category:** UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers\ **Created:** [April 9, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828 "2015-04-09T02:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stew](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/stew/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@stew](https://community.unix.com/u/stew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/1 "2015-04-09T02:02:20Z")
Hi, when I run tree command in linux box getting below image, not the line ```nohighlight test ��� lost+found ��� test1 �� � ��� aaa.txt �� � ��� bbb.txt ��� test2 3 directories, 2 files ``` installed tree-1.5.3-2.el6.x86\_64 package ---
**Author:** ![radoulov](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/radoulov/32/489_2.png) [@radoulov](https://community.unix.com/u/radoulov)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/2 "2015-04-09T02:45:52Z")
Try: ```nohighlight LC_ALL=C tree ``` ---
**Author:** ![stew](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/stew/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@stew](https://community.unix.com/u/stew)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/3 "2015-04-09T05:14:55Z")
Thanks, it worked. ---
**Author:** ![stew](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/stew/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@stew](https://community.unix.com/u/stew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/4 "2015-05-25T08:26:44Z")
I know this very old, but I have a question. still when I run tree command I am getting same junk what I posted in my first post. But when I run below command, tree structure getting ```nohighlight LC_ALL=C tree ``` what is permanent solution to print tree structure with "tree" command. ---
**Author:** ![Corona688](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/corona688/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Corona688](https://community.unix.com/u/Corona688)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/5 "2015-05-25T11:31:09Z")
Maybe your character set is set to UTF-8 when you don't actually have a UTF-8 terminal. LC\_ALL=C prevents it from trying to use fancy unicode line-printing characters. ---
**Author:** ![fpmurphy](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/fpmurphy/32/110_2.png) [@fpmurphy](https://community.unix.com/u/fpmurphy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/6 "2015-05-25T11:32:21Z")
What is the output of your locale command? ---
**Author:** ![bakunin](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/bakunin/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@bakunin](https://community.unix.com/u/bakunin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/7 "2015-05-25T15:20:29Z")
> [@stew](#): > > But when I run below command, tree structure getting > > ```plaintext > > LC_ALL=C tree > > ``` > > what is permanent solution to print tree structure with "tree" command. The set of language-specific characters in your environment is (maybe erronously) set so that the line-drawing characters are replaced by some other characters (which you called "junk"). Which set of characters is taking these places (german umlauts, french accents, ....) is controlled by the "LC\_ALL" variable. To set this variable to "C" means to use a set of characters without any diacriticals at all, which is enough for english language but probably no other. When you enter a certain setting for a variable and then a command it means that the value for this variable is in effect only for this one command. This means: ```plaintext # LC_ALL=C tree # tree ``` The first of the two commands will have set LC\_ALL to "C" and therefore work, the second one will produce junk again because "LC\_ALL" is set to something else. Solution: set the variable somewhere where it has a lasting effect. The best place is your shells startup file: "~/.kshrc" if you use `ksh` (Korn shell), "~/.bashrc" if you use `bash` (Bourne Again Shell). Put in the respective file the following line: ```plaintext LC_ALL=C ; export LC_ALL ``` and start a new shell. I hope this helps. bakunin ---
**Author:** ![stew](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/stew/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@stew](https://community.unix.com/u/stew)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/8 "2015-05-27T04:34:04Z")
I appended ```nohighlight LC_ALL=C ; export LC_ALL ``` in .bash\_profile, but the entire locale variable has changed. ```nohighlight LC_CTYPE=C LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=C LC_COLLATE=C LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=C LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=C LC_IDENTIFICATION=C LC_ALL=C ``` ---
**Author:** ![Corona688](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/corona688/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Corona688](https://community.unix.com/u/Corona688)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/tree-command-does-not-print-properly/351828/9 "2015-05-27T11:26:53Z")
It does that. It's a special variable. ```nohighlight $ man bash ... LC_ALL This variable overrides the value of LANG and any other LC_ variable specifying a locale category. ... ``` The alternative to altering the locale would be to fix your terminal. What are you using?