Print Directory & File Structure with icons for representation in Markdown

Question

I want a Linux command to print directory & file structures in the form of a tree, possibly with Unicode icons before each file, and some hint for the best syntax to include the output in a Markdown document, without spaces between lines.

Example:

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├── _config.yml
├── _drafts
│   ├── begin-with-the-crazy-ideas. Textile
│   └── on-simplicity-in-technology. Markdown
├── _includes
│   ├── footer.html
│   └── header.html
├── _layouts
│   ├── default.html
│   └── post.html
├── _posts
│   ├── 2007-10-29-why-every-programmer-should-play-nethack.textile
│   └── 2009-04-26-barcamp-boston-4-roundup.textile
├── _data
│   └── members.yml
├── _site
└── index.html

Answer 1

If you are concerned about Unicode characters you can use ASCII to build the structures, so your example structure becomes

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+-- _config.yml
+-- _drafts
|   +-- begin-with-the-crazy-ideas.textile
|   +-- on-simplicity-in-technology.markdown
+-- _includes
|   +-- footer.html
|   +-- header.html
+-- _layouts
|   +-- default.html
|   +-- post.html
+-- _posts
|   +-- 2007-10-29-why-every-programmer-should-play-nethack.textile
|   +-- 2009-04-26-barcamp-boston-4-roundup.textile
+-- _data
|   +-- members.yml
+-- _site
+-- index.html

Which is similar to the format tree uses if you select ANSI output.